A complete Docker Compose media server stack — Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, and useful extras. One command to deploy, fully configurable via .env.

Target audience: Users comfortable with Linux basics and Docker who want a turnkey media automation setup.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ INDEXERS (Usenet / Torrent) │ └──────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ┌──────▼──────┐ ┌─────│ Prowlarr │─────┐ │ │ :9696 │ │ │ └──────┬──────┘ │ │ │ │ ┌──────▼──────┐ ┌──▼───────┐ ┌──▼───────┐ │ Sonarr │ │ Radarr │ │ Lidarr │ │ :8989 │ │ :7878 │ │ :8686 │ │ (TV Shows) │ │ (Movies) │ │ (Music) │ └──────┬──────┘ └────┬─────┘ └────┬─────┘ │ │ │ └──────┬──────┘─────────────┘ │ ┌──────▼──────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │ qBittorrent │ │ Autobrr │ │ :8080 │◄────│ :7474 │ └──────┬──────┘ └──────────────┘ │ ┌──────────┼──────────┐ │ │ │ ┌──────▼───┐ ┌───▼────┐ ┌──▼───────┐ │Unpackerr │ │ Bazarr │ │ Plex │ │(extract) │ │ :6767 │ │ :32400 │ └──────────┘ │(subs) │ └──────────┘ └────────┘ │ ┌────▼─────┐ │ Tautulli │ │ :8181 │ └──────────┘ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ │ Notifiarr │ │ Homepage │ │ :5454 │ │ :3000 │ └────────────┘ └────────────┘ 

1. Prowlarr manages indexer connections and syncs them to Sonarr, Radarr, and Lidarr.
2. Sonarr / Radarr / Lidarr search for media, send download requests to qBittorrent.
3. Autobrr monitors IRC announce channels for instant grabs, sending to qBittorrent or the *arrs.
4. qBittorrent downloads torrents to /data/torrents/{tv,movies,music}.
5. Unpackerr extracts archived downloads so the *arrs can import them.
6. The *arrs hardlink (or copy) completed downloads into /data/media/{tv,movies,music}.
7. Plex serves the organized media library to your devices.
8. Bazarr fetches subtitles for content in Sonarr and Radarr.
9. Tautulli monitors Plex activity and history.
10. Notifiarr sends notifications (Discord, Telegram, etc.) from all services.
11. Homepage provides a dashboard with service status and quick links.

Make sure you have Docker and Docker Compose installed. See docs/prerequisites.md for details.

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/plex-arr-stack.git cd plex-arr-stack # Copy the example env file and edit it cp .env.example .env nano .env

At minimum, set these values in .env:

• PUID / PGID — run id to find yours
• TZ — your timezone
• CONFIG_DIR — where service configs will be stored
• DATA_DIR — your root data directory (see docs/storage.md)
• PLEX_CLAIM — get a token at plex.tv/claim

# Create the data directories (adjust DATA_DIR to match your .env) DATA_DIR=/opt/plex-arr-stack/data sudo mkdir -p "$DATA_DIR"/{media/{movies,tv,music},torrents/{movies,tv,music}} sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) "$DATA_DIR"

docker compose up -d

Follow the setup guides in order:

1. qBittorrent — download client
2. Prowlarr — indexer management
3. Sonarr — TV shows
4. Radarr — movies
5. Lidarr — music
6. Plex — media server
7. Bazarr — subtitles
8. Autobrr — IRC autodl
9. Unpackerr — auto-extract
10. Tautulli — monitoring
11. Notifiarr — notifications
12. Homepage — dashboard

Don't need everything? Comment out any service block in docker-compose.yml:

 # bazarr: # image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bazarr:latest # ...

Then run docker compose up -d again to apply.

• TRaSH Guides — quality profiles, naming conventions, and best practices
• LinuxServer.io — container documentation
• Servarr Wiki — official *arr documentation