Watcharr
Add and track all the shows and movies you are watching. Comes with user authentication, modern and clean UI and a very simple setup.
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Still maintained? Yes: 88 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.3.0 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
Watcharr quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,565
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.3.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "I'm your new easily self-hosted content watched list. The place you store your watched (or watching, planned, etc) movies and tv shows (and anime), rate them and track their status."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Watcharr scores 93/100, #7 of 30 in Media Management: 88 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.3.0, 6 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,565 stars add 12.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 7.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
88 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.3.0 released 6 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.8 / 20
1.6k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 88
- Last 90 days
- 329
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #7 of 30 tools in Media Management by health , between tubesync (#6) and Youtarr (#8) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v4.3.0 · 6 days ago |
| Stars | 1,565 |
| Open issues | 126 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | sbondCo/Watcharr ↗ |
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Watcharr: common questions
Is Watcharr still maintained?
Watcharr had 88 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v4.3.0, is from 6 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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