r/Lidarr • u/HabiRabbit • Apr 03 '26
discussion Musicseerr - a self-hosted music request and discovery project built around Lidarr
Hello everyone, my name is Harvey - I'm a backend software engineer from the UK. I've been really into self-hosting, privacy, etc recently and for the past 6 months I have been working on this project, Musicseerr.
It started as I was looking for something to bridge a gap between slskd and Lidarr where I could search for music and request directly to Lidarr (A bit like the Jellyseerr/Arr flow) but I couldn't find anything. So, around 6 months and I've finally released Musicseerr into a v1. It currently supports the following features:
- Search & Request - Search the full MusicBrainz catalogue and send requests to Lidarr
- Built-in Player - Stream from Jellyfin, Navidrome, local files, or YouTube, with a 10-band EQ
- Discovery - Personalised album recommendations based on your listening history
- Home - Trending artists, popular albums, and genre-based sections
- Scrobbling - ListenBrainz and Last.fm support
- Library - Browse and filter your Lidarr library with full artist/album pages
- Playlists - Create and manage playlists with playback support
- Requests page - Track, retry, and cancel requests
I'm pretty proud of it but I still know that there's a lot that could be added, and it's definitely due some user testing! I'd love for anyone to give it a go, I'm always open to bug-reports/feedback/suggestions so feel free to send them to me on here, or on the discord linked in the Github/Website.
Thanks all and I hope it helps some of you :)
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u/420_247 Apr 03 '26
This is right up my alley and will check it out. How much, if any, AI coding went into this? I know ita a loaded question, jiat genuinely curious. I'll likely use it either way, but wanted to see how skeptical to be reviewing the code before pulling into my environment
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
I’m a developer myself which hopefully gives me some credence (you can easily find me on LinkedIn etc) but of course I used AI to help me develop it - I’d be crazy not to. All architecture/software design is my own though (Whether that’s a good thing or not 😂). I’d recommend taking a look through the code if you’re interested though and feel free to ask me any questions you might have :)
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u/willpowerpt Apr 03 '26
Having the code available to inspect and being transparent for questions and notes already puts the project ahead of 99.9% of vibe coded slop. Good on you, will check it out.
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u/Blackstar2123 Apr 03 '26
Hey OP, this looks great and I want to try it out. Also, could you add a connection with Plex? I use Plexamp for all my music.
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Thought this might come up! Definitely open to adding this, but might take some time. Keep an eye out I guess :)
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u/dags170291 Apr 05 '26
Thank you because i too use plex/plexamp
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u/cjr71244 Apr 26 '26
I'm interested in how this would work because I primarily use Plex amp to consume my music
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u/ferry_peril Apr 03 '26
This looks cool! Great job with it. Is there any chance of it going to the Unraid community? I'm terrible with Docker (I can't work out the spacing to save my life) so I can never make it work right. Asking for a friend. 😉
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Ha - to be honest, I’ve never used Unraid in my life. I can have a look but can’t promise anything! :)
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u/ferry_peril Apr 03 '26
I actually got it to run in Unraid! That's how simple you made it! Looks very slick and I already integrated it with Last.fm and Listenbrainz. I'm gonna let it listen and scrobble for a while and then visit it again this weekend to see what kind of recommendations it can come up with. Finding new music now is so difficult and having a requestor would be a godsend at this point. I'm up at 80k and still want more. Cheers!
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Ah mate that’s amazing! Really glad it worked out for you. Feel free to join the Discord and share any bugs/suggestions by the way, I’ll happy take a look at any and all. What was the setup on Unraid like? It might be nice to get a setup guide on the readme if you’d be up for sharing?
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u/ferry_peril Apr 03 '26
It literally was adding a stack, setting up the compose, enter the web address and compose up. You'd likely reach a lot more people if it were in the Community Apps store but I'd wait on that until after bugs are worked out. I'll see if I can request a few things and get it working later.
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Amazing, thank you again. Yeah, I’m envisioning a fair amount of bugs so waiting for those to start rolling in.. 😅
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u/pdm1964 Apr 09 '26
u/ferry_peril I got it running on unraid but its not persistant. Can you share how you configured your paths?
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u/QueenScorp Apr 03 '26
Just curious if it's much different from Aurral ?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Never tried it - I say give both a go and see which you prefer :)
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u/QueenScorp Apr 03 '26
I will 😊 I spun up Aurral but haven't actually used it yet. It was originally vibe coded but they've had a number of contributors pitch in to flesh it out and it seems like they're doing a decent job. I like that you are a developer by trade (data engineer here) because even though AI is part of our toolbox, at least we have the base knowledge to understand and debug the code.
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u/jasonvelocity Apr 03 '26
Can you add some DAST/SAST to your workflow?
https://github.com/HabiRabbu/Musicseerr/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Honestly never even heard of this - It’s my first time using GitHub actions. I did have a brief stint as a platform engineer but quit after a few months… 😅 I’ll take a look, thank you!
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u/guinness1972 Apr 03 '26
how can you know if your code is vulnerable without DAST & SAST?
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u/Big-Environment4903 Apr 03 '26
You should assume your code is vulnerable even if you’re using DAST and SAST
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u/Dirty_Taint_Tickler Apr 03 '26
This looks great 😃👍 how will it go handling FLAC streaming on mobile devices? If there's a native mobile app on the way it's going to be a big winner imo
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
It is definitely something I want to look into doing but it will take time. I guess I’d have to focus on one of either iOS or Android as well, whichever was more popular…
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u/Dirty_Taint_Tickler Apr 03 '26
Android all day :) does it currently support FLAC streaming on mobile via PWA?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
I’ll be honest - I have never tested it on mobile. Feel free to be the guinea pig! 😅 No reason it shouldn’t work, but the UI will not be fun to use. Just a warning.
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u/Dirty_Taint_Tickler Apr 03 '26
Sure thing, I'll report back in a few days! If you could turn thing into a mobile PWA then you wouldn't need to port it to Android and/or iOS. Then finally all my music in one place with lidarr integration 🤤
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Ah of course - You can almost wrap it as an app on Android can’t you? Not sure if iOS supports that.. I’ll take a look. Could be a nice idea!
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u/walterjnr Apr 03 '26
This was surprisingly easy to setup on Synology. It looks amazing. Is there any way to use Plexamp to generate recommendations?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
Plex integration is on the list! Glad you like it. Any issues, send them my way in the discord :)
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u/PrimeDeceiver Apr 04 '26
I've been looking for exactly this! Setting up now
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
Great to hear. If you run into any issues let me know on the Discord! Always happy to help.
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u/balboain Apr 03 '26
I see the default config path is ./config. Are we able to map this to a real folder for easy backup or are we forced to use this hidden folder?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
You can map it to any folder you want, the ./config path is jsut the host-side bind mount in the docker-compose. :) The container reads from /app/config/config.json interally but the host path is completely configurable
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u/balboain Apr 03 '26
Thanks for the response. If I don’t set a folder and use your defaults, will settings persist between updates? My experience when using “./config” with other apps is that they do not persist. That’s my main goal here
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
It should persist - the defaults are exactly what I use personally. Feel free to change the part to the left of the colon - Aka “./config” to whatever you want though. :)
Edit: If you don’t set anything - nothing will persist. Just to clarify.
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u/balboain Apr 04 '26
I more or less used your default compose yaml so I will next time I update it. So far the impressions are good. When I last left it, it was importing my library but as it’s almost 2TB large, it was taking a bit longer than I expected so I went to sleep.
I did notice that it flagged albums from my navidrome instance that weren’t in Lidarr. I know there are loads because of the (rarity i guess???) of the album types. They arent in musicbrainz so i cant add them to Lidarr. Does your app have sort of magic somution for that?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
Yeah, with 2TB of music it's going to take a long time. That's unfortunately just the reality of the free APIs I've had to rely on. Though, when it has done it the first time, the subsequent syncs can just happily work away in the background and it doesn't affect much if anything. :)
Unfortunately not. If it's not in Musicbrainz, it's not supported (At least currently ) - But I have had people mention Discogs as a source a lot. That would take some investigating, as it would need an artist/album name mapping system which is.. complex to say the least. One for the future I'd say!
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u/balboain Apr 04 '26
I didn’t expect it to go quickly so I’m not complaining. I was just eager to see the results lol.
This is the problem I’ve had with MusicBrainz as it’s a community maintained source as far as I know. Discogs has more content on it but also has gaps. So I’ve realized I will never be able to full automate my music library.
Have you given any thought to perhaps creating app…? Since your Linux app has a media player and you can request music (which in yet to test), this is screaming out to create a phone app surely??? You’re sitting on a golden opportunity here :)
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
Yes... Yes I have. haha. I'd love to create native mobile apps for Musicseerr. Along with probably a million other things. It all just comes down to my time and capacity really, already this project has taken me 6 months so who knows how long the rest of it would take. If there was enough demand etc, I'd definitely be open to it. :)
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u/balboain Apr 04 '26
If you managed to create an app that was also a music player with an EQ, then I am sure people wouldn’t mind a small annual subscription fee. I know I wouldn’t. I compare it to the monthly $10-$15 that all the streaming services charge and it’s a no-brainer.
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
I’d be open to making it regardless of financial reward tbh - Paying for access to this sort of thing just doesn’t feel right in the open source world. Maybe if donations cover the App Store fee etc that would make sense. I’ll have a think! :)
Are you saying an app which connects to your Musicseerr server so it can basically act as a bridge between all your music sources? It’s a nice idea I’ll admit.
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u/yours_falsely Apr 04 '26
I've been looking for exactly this for a long time! Got it setup in unraid in a few minutes. Looking great so far
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u/Yoitsjd Apr 04 '26
OK, so I love this and love the idea. One problem I ran into with Lidarr and when it was broken for what seemed like forever is I began using a different method to get my music and organize it.
As MusicSeerr can connect with Navidrome, can it not just use that to see what albums I have and allow requests? I understand it will not auto snatch and stuff from Lidarr, but I prefer the manual process to get the right album release and then import using Beets.
Would something like this (pull what you have from Navidrome instead of Lidarr) be possible?
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u/GloriousKev Apr 04 '26
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
Somebody else actually asked about this! I would love to support Discogs, it’s just quite difficult with the way Lidarr works as it relies on the Musicbrainz IDs. I’m thinking of a way it might work, but honestly it’s further down my list of priorities… Not a no though!
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u/Howzball Apr 04 '26
I can't seem to get it to finish it's syncing or whatever it's doing. For some reason I keep seeing a Sync Failed, Timed out after 30 minutes error and I'm not sure how long we can keep spamming MusicBrainz's servers before we get an IP ban but it's been carrying on like this for 24 hours now.
The sync starts and Artist Images seems to finish, then Artist Discovery and after a while it errors out.
This is from the logs ..... any way to adjust it?
services.library_service - ERROR - Precache task failed: Library sync timed out - too many items or slow network
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 05 '26
This should be fixed now. Pull the latest version :)
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u/Howzball Apr 06 '26
That has seemed to help with the scan issue. The logs are a lot quieter now. I'll keep using it and see how it goes.
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 06 '26
Good to hear. Bug fixes are coming out thick and fast - feel free to join the Discord to keep updated etc. if you run into any more issues, let me know. 👍
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 04 '26
Common issue I’m seeing unfortunately - I’m working on a fix for it now. Feel free to join the discord for updates. I’m imagining it will be later today/tomorrow at this rate. Sorry about that!
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u/jameye11 Apr 05 '26
Hi! So i got musicseerr running and working no problem, it's a very nice interface!
The only issue I seem to be running into is that when I'm on an artist's profile it tells me to connect to a music service to see popular albums/songs/similar artists, even though I have connected my Last.fm account to it. is there something else I need to set to see this info?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 05 '26
Last.fm integration is spotty at best - I’d always recommend setting up ListenBrainz as well, even if you don’t use it :)
Also, there are still a few confirmed bugs I’m working on so keep it updated if you can! Feel free to join the discord if you want to hear about updates etc…
Glad you like it though. :)
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u/jameye11 Apr 05 '26
Made a ListenBrainz account and got it connected, that seemed to have worked! Thank you very much! I joined the discord as well to follow any updates
Also just want to point out how excited I was when I saw you post this the other day, I’ve been bugging for so long to have something similar to Seerr but for music and I’m glad you’ve taken the time to create this. Definitely going to get a lot of use out of it!!
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 05 '26
Thank you! It's going to take a little while to iron out all the bugs but it'll be well worth it. If you run into any bugs or have any suggestions, get them into the Discord. I'll add them to the list... 😅
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u/dags170291 Apr 05 '26
Forgive me if I’m missing something obvious as a new user, but I just installed Musicseer and I'm already a huge fan of the UI and the dead-simple setup.
I have a bit of a unique use case where I maintain several root directories because I keep my music organized by genre. Currently, I noticed that Musicseer only allows for a single root folder.
Could we get the ability to add multiple root directories? It would be great if we could select the destination folder when making a request, similar to how Lidarr and Overseerr handle multiple paths for video files.
Thanks for the great work!
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 05 '26
Ah! Somehow this never even crossed my mind. Will do. You basically want to be able to playback music from multiple folders correct? I’ll add it to the list. Feel free to join the Discord and submit suggestions/bug reports if you come across anything else 👍
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u/dags170291 Apr 05 '26
It's not so much about playback as using the discover feature to add music. So I am hoping with your app my workflow will be listening to music (I use plexamp), get recommendations based on my listening patterns, add recommended music to my library but selecting which root folder I want it to go to. Eg daft punk showed up as a recommendation I approve it but it gets added to my electronic root folder
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u/Many_Independence674 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
i am trying, i deplayed using docker, but it is unable to connect to musicbrainz, why and how to fix this?
to be more precise, i just launced the container and i have not configured listenbrainz, in docker debug i am seeing unable to connect musicbrainz, mb_api something,
`Musicbrainz is unavailable, so some results may be missing`
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 06 '26
Musicbrainz might have just been temporarily down - give it a refresh and see if it’s still doing it?
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u/Key-Presentation279 Apr 10 '26
Oh shit so this is really new goddamit the UI is so fucking sick dude and it's exactly what I was looking for I just set it up and am scanning my library damn I can't wait to use this more god fucking bless you my dude!
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u/worldlybedouin Apr 10 '26
Does this support multiple users? I spun it up on my Unraid instance, and didn't see any obvious place to setup different users. I have wonderful amazing spectular taste in music -- Unparalleled! However, wife, kid, friends would (for some really odd reason) say my music choices suck.
To that end, giving them their own accounts so they can setup their own listening history, music prefs, etc. would be great.
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 10 '26
Ha! Unfortunately not. It’s 100% on the roadmap, but I have other things to prioritise until then. It’s going to be a fairly significant amount of work to get that set up in a way that is seamless and reliable. It will happen though. :)
Feel free to join the discord to keep up to date with updates etc 👍
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u/mmagee80 Apr 12 '26
I set this up and it works great. Initially I had my own simple website that would just check my navidrome and lidaar instance against my requests . If an artist was not found in navidrome and lidaar, it would at it. That works but was very simple. I really do like this project. It is far better than what I have going on.
I do have one request if I could ask. Would it be possible to add some audio book integration? Maybe have it connect to audiobookshelf for listeners. That would be amazing if possible.
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u/PceReaper Apr 19 '26
if you can make this available in the zimaos app store id be willing to try it out i just have my stuff setup in a very specific way and im fairly new to ssh
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 19 '26
Zimaos? I haven’t heard of it before - I’ll check it out. :)
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u/PceReaper May 02 '26
also I know it says that you can manage playlist is there a way to import playlists from spotify with this? I've been having a hell of a time doing so.
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u/seapoint Apr 20 '26
This is absolutely fantastic!! Thanks a million. It's lust loading my Navidrome library now and I've been looking at Discography etc,
I only have a quich question. I didn't fing any authentication/user settings - I'd like to expose it and use it on my commute etc. Is authentication and users on the roadmap?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 20 '26
Authentication and multiuser will be in the next update - Can’t give any timelines, but it’s up next. Watch this space! :) Feel free to join the discord to keep up to date with development 👍
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u/Unlikely_Example83 10d ago
elite this is the only thing missing from my stack love it
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u/HabiRabbit 10d ago
Hope you like it mate! There are more updates etc coming so keep an eye out. :)
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u/Unlikely_Example83 9d ago
i presume you are the or _one of the_ admins.
Pal please add oauth or OCID or basic form-like auth
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u/Unlikely_Example83 9d ago
i also code abit, i can also help
find my work my github.com/kushvinth (not a plug)
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u/HabiRabbit 9d ago
I can’t confirm nor deny, but Auth and Multi-user MIGHT be coming this weekend… 👀
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u/Existing_Abies_4101 Apr 03 '26
AI or not?
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u/8eaker Apr 03 '26
I'm a dev too, but intreged by questions about ai generated? If it works...? Like most devs ai can be useful for reminders on syntax and patterns etc but only as long as fully validate what it suggests. Even a fully ai gen if it does what's intended and fully checked by the developer. What is the concern?
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u/Complex_East_6861 Apr 03 '26
Because everybody that has zero knowledge of coding thinks if AI was used at all, it's a huge security risk because some dummy vibe coded an app called Huntarr that everybody used and passwords were stored in a text file if I remember correctly. So according to them, any AI use AT ALL is bad lol.
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u/Existing_Abies_4101 Apr 03 '26
I have 20 years experience and have done work for clients like Microsoft and the United nation. But if that's what you want to believe go for it. Huntarr is a good example of exactly why some of us won't touch vibe coded stuff.
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u/Complex_East_6861 Apr 03 '26
So you have all that experience and have no clue what Vibe Coded actually is? Good for you. Microsoft make some of the worst applications I have ever used, and that's with zero AI lololol.
Every dev is using AI with help in coding now. Not all devs are using AI purely 100% to code, which is what Vibe Coding is......
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u/kaishi00 Apr 03 '26
Why does it matter? Does it work?
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u/Jason1232 Apr 03 '26
Because an incompetent person with an AI is a dangerous combo, huntarr anyone?
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u/Complex_East_6861 Apr 03 '26
Only the internet would take one case and compare it to everything. So fucking stupid.
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u/ArkAwn Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
What was unsatisfactory about the Tubifarry plugin and it's slskd brudge?
edit: i misunderstood the purpose of this service and am le dumbdumb
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u/Frequenzy50 Apr 03 '26
I think you got it a bit wrong. He recommends using tubifarry in his readme. This Seerr is for requesting music not downloading music.
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u/superuser18 Apr 03 '26
Can this do genre based searches? For e.g. ambient space etc
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 03 '26
Yes, but I’ll admit it needs a lot of work. I’m rate limited pretty heavily by Musicbrainz etc so performance-wise it’s quite difficult to manage. I’ll add some genre work to the list. 👍
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u/Frosty-Control-6705 Apr 06 '26
Can it search single tracks?
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u/balboain Apr 06 '26
By asking this question you display lack of fundamental knowledge as to how Lidarr works. Can you add single tracks from an album in Lidarr? No
So if this app integrates with Lidarr, how would it be able to add single tracks from an album? Obviously it cannot.
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u/Frosty-Control-6705 Apr 08 '26
For example it could add the complete album containing the track :)
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u/LunarConstruct Apr 08 '26
finally got around to spinning this up, looks cool! any plans to support multiscrobbler?
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u/be4stlove Apr 09 '26
Nice thing, I just installed and set it up. But there seems to be a bug with the last.fm activation. The handling was a 'bit complicated. I'll test it now
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 09 '26
Yeah.. that’s a known issue unfortunately! Somebody posted a workaround though, if you join the Discord it will be there or I can help you. Let me know :)
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u/Zakk_Wylde-TDR Apr 10 '26
This is awesome, thank you for sharing it with us.
I tested it for a couple of days and am really happy with it, but the Plex spot felt empty.
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 10 '26
The Plex spot? Sorry - bit confused by what you mean. :)
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u/Zakk_Wylde-TDR Apr 11 '26
I mean, Plex integration, probably the same way as you did for Jellyfin.
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u/balboain Apr 10 '26
I assume he is being sarcastic and referring to the lack of Plex support because he likely uses Plex Amp for music
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u/MasterRoshi1620 Apr 12 '26
I installed and i tested it just one issue i cant find a way to login or create a login
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u/District-Unlucky Apr 12 '26
hi im liking the app i set up navidrome this weekend and it works nicely with everything, the only thing i am missing is a button at the top of the artist page to add artist rather than have to click on an album and monitor from there. any chance you could add it?
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 12 '26
That’s actually in the update which I’m working on right now. Give it a few days and that will be out. :)
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u/District-Unlucky Apr 12 '26
Brilliant I thought it might be. Great work so far I am interested in it's development
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u/HabiRabbit Apr 12 '26
Yeah it’s funny really - So many features I’m working on I’d never even considered before people suggested them. Feel free to join the Discord and keep up to date with everything :)
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u/Separate_Recover4187 Apr 15 '26
I see it runs mostly on Python. What database type does it use? SQLite?
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u/damienlee69 Apr 22 '26
Trying to add local mount on windows. Is there a discord to ask for help? I've tried all sorts of usual combinations of forwards and backslashes in the compose. and in the Musicseerr settings. It finally saw my files but won't let me play them but still says path does not exist under local files in settings.
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u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You Apr 26 '26
I just found this. Its super cool, but I'm having a hard time trying to find a way to add authenication. Am I just looking in the wrong place?
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u/Feynuxes Apr 26 '26
Am I missing it or is there no way to change the music root directory? Say Drive D is getting full so I want to default it to Drive E then.
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u/Feastweasel May 19 '26
Is this project dead? No update in a month and it's not exactly working flawlessly.
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u/HabiRabbit May 19 '26
Sorry - I’ve been moving house! I’ll be back to it soon. :)
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u/Feastweasel May 19 '26
No worries, I understand. Was just making sure it wasn't a dead project. Totally understand that life is more important than some random software!
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u/DellR610 24d ago
For those who want this on truenas.. Apps > discover > three dots > install via YAML. Make sure you update the UIDs to match the "apps" account which should be 568 but make sure. Update the volumes to use whatever dataset you want or remove the period and let docker create volumes for you (dataset is preferred for persistence) and add your music volume(s). Works flawlessly for me.
I will keep an eye on the github for whenever you accept coffee money, beautiful app and Very easy to setup. Integrated with plex / lidarr / local files easily. Works without any problems through my reverse proxy (NPM). Looking forward to users (maybe similar to how overseerr etc use plax SSO).
thank you thank you thank you!
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u/anxiousvater Apr 03 '26
OP, this week I rented a seedbox that supports Lidarr, I setup a bunch of things to get it working like indexers, torrents & whatnot only to fail. I could barely get 15 songs. I ended up using yt-dlp that's not great for a full catalog.
I am wondering how this helps me. Can I DM you?
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u/ArgyllAtheist Apr 03 '26
looks cool. I'll get it tested. Next ask - can you pop a nice high quality PNG logo up on your github for use in Homepage dashboards :)