Prowlarr
Hacker ApprovedIndexer manager
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Integrates well with Radarr and Sonarr
“it interfaces way better with Radarr/Sonarr”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “What I self-host” “most of the arr suite (radarr, sonarr, prowlarr, tunarr) has really been the best choice I've made this year”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Skip the Tips: A game to select "No Tip" but dark patterns try to stop you” Centralizes indexer management
“Using settings on the indexer isn't great since with Prowlarr the user doesn't actually interact with the indexer portion of Sonarr.”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Someone on Torrent Sites Kept Fucking with My Sonarr” “With Prowlarr (or similar) it could easily replace other indexers.”
Comment from 24 Jun 2026 in “Crawling BitTorrent DHTs for Fun and Profit [pdf]” Convenient once set up
“Pain to set up, but once it's there, it's very convenient to use.”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits” “are so convenient that I sometimes feel bad for these content companies”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits” Used daily in media stacks
“I literally use all of these now daily.”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?” “The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate.”
Comment from 2 May 2026 in “Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Complex setup with many moving parts
“Using settings on the indexer isn't great since with Prowlarr the user doesn't actually interact with the indexer portion of Sonarr.”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Someone on Torrent Sites Kept Fucking with My Sonarr” “a whole Rube Goldberg machine”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification Is Bringing the Play Integrity API to Desktops”
What people said
11 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it interfaces way better with Radarr/Sonarr”
“Using settings on the indexer isn't great since with Prowlarr the user doesn't actually interact with the indexer portion of Sonarr.”
“are so convenient that I sometimes feel bad for these content companies”
“Pain to set up, but once it's there, it's very convenient to use.”
“I literally use all of these now daily.”
“Suggest Prowlarr instead of jackett.”
“With Prowlarr (or similar) it could easily replace other indexers.”
“a whole Rube Goldberg machine”
“The stack I use now: Docker, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Blissful and Soulmate.”
“You'll need prowlarr for downloading.”
“most of the arr suite (radarr, sonarr, prowlarr, tunarr) has really been the best choice I've made this year”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.