# Prowlarr

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Prowlarr and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free open-source indexer manager that centralizes search sources for Sonarr, Radarr and similar apps, so users rarely touch each indexer directly. Common caveat: the multi-app setup has many moving parts.

## Why people recommend it

- Integrates well with Radarr and Sonarr (2 comments): "it interfaces way better with Radarr/Sonarr" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111617)) "most of the arr suite (radarr, sonarr, prowlarr, tunarr) has really been the best choice I've made this year" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46999644))
- Centralizes indexer management (2 comments): "Using settings on the indexer isn't great since with Prowlarr the user doesn't actually interact with the indexer portion of Sonarr." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50109869)) "With Prowlarr (or similar) it could easily replace other indexers." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48666004))
- Convenient once set up (2 comments): "Pain to set up, but once it's there, it's very convenient to use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49832941)) "are so convenient that I sometimes feel bad for these content companies" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49833481))
- Used daily in media stacks (2 comments): "I literally use all of these now daily." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748213)) "The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984813))

## What people warn about

- Complex setup with many moving parts (2 comments): "Using settings on the indexer isn't great since with Prowlarr the user doesn't actually interact with the indexer portion of Sonarr." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50109869)) "a whole Rube Goldberg machine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147687))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Prowlarr", https://hackerapproved.com/p/prowlarr/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).