Bazarr
Ranked 5 of 5 media automation tools by recommenders
Free tool that downloads subtitles in many languages for a media library, and it is widely used alongside the *arr stack.
Free tool that downloads subtitles in many languages for a media library, and it is widely used alongside the *arr stack.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Gets subtitles in several languages
“I personally use Bazarr instead, because I also want to download subtitles for different languages.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Jellyfin 12.0” “That's been the final fix for me with subtitles”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Jellyfin 12.0”
Other media automation tools people recommend
The four most recommended other media automation tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonarr | 38 | 4 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Radarr | 33 | 4 | 89% | 10 | — | Approved |
| *arr stack | 21 | 6 | 78% | 7 | 1.1 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Overseerr | 11 | 2 | 85% | 5 | — | Approved |
| BazarrThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“what most people use when running the *arr stack”
“are so convenient that I sometimes feel bad for these content companies”
“That's been the final fix for me with subtitles”
“I personally use Bazarr instead, because I also want to download subtitles for different languages.”
“a whole Rube Goldberg machine”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.