Your media enjoyed with a minimal lightweight media server

Free and open source (and always will be), Midarr aims to provide a tailored experience for you and your users:

• Beautifully crafted user interface
• Real-time online statuses
• Simple and easy invite system
• Integrates with your existing services, Radarr and Sonarr

What is this?

This is a lightweight (albeit companion) media server to the likes of Radarr and Sonarr. Your media is left untouched and unscathed as it is served through a simple (yet familiar) web interface that puts your media front and center for you and your users to enjoy.

While other media solutions look to re-index, re-fetch and re-double handle your media library, Midarr simply leverages your pre-existing services to delight and enhance your media experience.

How is this lightweight?

• Direct streaming. Your media served fresh off the metal.
• Smart caching. Your media smartly kept in sync with your integrations.
• Integrated experience. Your media kept the way you like it.

What else does this do?

Your media is served through a slick web interface providing:

• User authentication
• User profile settings
• User online statuses

with more features planned ahead.

Usage

Docker compose

volumes:
  database-data:

services:
  
  midarr:
    container_name: midarr
    image: ghcr.io/midarrlabs/midarr-server:latest
    ports:
      - 4000:4000
    volumes:
      - /path/to/media:/media
    environment:
#       App config
      - APP_URL=http://midarr:4000

#       Database config
      - DB_USERNAME=my_user
      - DB_PASSWORD=my_password
      - DB_DATABASE=my_database
      - DB_HOSTNAME=postgresql

#       Admin account
      - [email protected]
      - SETUP_ADMIN_NAME=admin
      - SETUP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=somepassword # minimum length 12

#       Radarr integration
      - RADARR_BASE_URL=radarr:7878
      - RADARR_API_KEY=someApiKey

#       Sonarr integration
      - SONARR_BASE_URL=sonarr:8989
      - SONARR_API_KEY=someApiKey

    depends_on:
      postgresql:
        condition: service_healthy

  postgresql:
    container_name: postgresql
    image: postgres
    volumes:
      - database-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=my_user
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=my_password
      - POSTGRES_DB=my_database
    healthcheck:
      test: "exit 0"

Admin account

To initialise this, please provide the following environment variables. This will allow you to configure your server at the settings page.

environment:
  - [email protected]
  - SETUP_ADMIN_NAME=admin
  - SETUP_ADMIN_PASSWORD=somepassword # minimum length 12

Invite system

To send invitations, please provide the following environment variables. Access the settings page to invite users to your server.

environment:
  - [email protected]
  - SENDGRID_API_KEY=someApiKey

OIDC / OAuth 2.0

To use your own identity provider like Authentik, please provide the following environment variables. Go to /auth to initiate the auth flow.

environment:
  - OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=someClientId
  - OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=someClientSecret
  - OAUTH_ISSUER_URL=http://some-provider.url
  - OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL=http://some-provider.url/authorize
  - OAUTH_TOKEN_URL=http://some-provider.url/token
  - OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI=http://some-provider.url/auth/callback
  - OAUTH_USER_URL=http://some-provider.url/user

Support

Videos

• H.264 / H.265 codec
• AAC / MP3 audio
• MP4 / MKV container

Subtitles

A single .srt file in the root directory of the video is currently supported. With this setup a subtitle / caption option will be available in the player view.

library/video
          └──video.srt
          └──video.mp4

FAQ

Why won't my media play?

Midarr looks to your integrations to resolve your media locations. Midarr is not aware of where your media lives! A common way to mount a media library is to mount the root directory where both movies and series reside:

services:

  midarr:
    volumes:
      - /path/to/media:/media

  radarr:
    volumes:
      - /path/to/media:/media

  sonarr:
    volumes:
      - /path/to/media:/media

Why won't my media sync?

To keep your media in sync, webhook urls are required in your integrations. Midarr accepts a POST request from your integrations with your unique API Token (found on the Midarr Settings page).

Add these webhook urls to Radarr / Sonarr under Settings -> Connect -> Webhook:

Radarr example

http://midarr:4000/api/webhooks/movie?token=some-api-token

Sonarr example

http://midarr:4000/api/webhooks/series?token=some-api-token

What integrations does this support?

We support the following integration versions:

• Radarr v5.x
• Sonarr v4.x

Contributing

Thank you for all your contributions! Big or small - all is welcome!

Local development

1. Fork and git clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/{ YOUR-ACCOUNT }/midarr-server.git

2. Docker compose up the stack

cd midarr-server && docker compose up -d

3. Service locations:

• http://localhost:4000 - Midarr
• http://localhost:7878 - Radarr
• http://localhost:8989 - Sonarr

License

Midarr is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

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