Prowlarr
Prowlarr is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Media Management category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in C#. It ships a Docker image. It has 7,443 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 7,443
- Forks
- 421
- Open issues
- 96
- Commits, last 12 months
- 157
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.6.5.5623Sep 16, 2026
- Created
- Oct 18, 2020
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 157 commits in 12 months.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 157 |
| Latest release | v2.6.5.5623 (Sep 16, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 |
| Releases, all time | 193 |
| Open issues | 96 |
| Open pull requests | 62 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Oct 18, 2020 |
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About Prowlarr
Indexer manager and proxy that integrates with Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/Prowlarr/Prowlarr.
Topics
- hacktoberfest
- indexer
- nzb
- radarr
- sonarr
- torrent
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Is Prowlarr free and open source?
Yes. Prowlarr is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Prowlarr with Docker?
Yes. Prowlarr provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Prowlarr?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Prowlarr include Sonarr, MeTube and Radarr.
Is Prowlarr actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Prowlarr was on Oct 25, 2026 with 157 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.6.5.5623, published Sep 16, 2026. It had 96 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.