flexarrYour entertainment. Every screen.
The free, open-source media server built for Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr. Stream your library to the web, Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. No account. No cloud.
GPL-3.0Docker or native on macOSHardware transcodingNo account needed
What it does
Everything you need from your media server.
Made for your *arrs
Sonarr and Radarr fill in the artwork. New downloads show up the moment they land.
Discover, then add
Browse what's trending, tap Request, and your *arrs fetch it straight into your library.
Plays anything
Direct play when it can, hardware transcoding when it can't. Seek anywhere, instantly.
Skips the boring bits
Intros, recaps and credits, spotted automatically. Up Next does the rest.
One server, whole house
Everyone gets a profile, a PIN and their own Continue Watching.
Yours, anywhere
Watch away from home over Tailscale. No ports, no cloud, no account.
Install
Up and running in five minutes.
Flexarr runs on anything with Docker: a NAS, a home server, a Raspberry Pi 5. On a Mac it runs natively, so it can use the Mac's hardware for converting video.
Start the server
docker run -d --name flexarr --restart unless-stopped \
-p 8383:8383 \
-v /path/to/config:/config \
-v /path/to/media:/data/media \
ghcr.io/danleach-glitch/flexarr:latestservices:
flexarr:
image: ghcr.io/danleach-glitch/flexarr:latest
container_name: flexarr
ports: ["8383:8383"]
volumes:
- ./flexarr:/config
- /path/to/media:/data/media
restart: unless-stoppedSave it as docker-compose.yml and run docker compose up -d.
Flexarr runs on macOS (Apple silicon or Intel) as a background service that starts when you log in, using VideoToolbox to convert video in hardware. Follow the macOS guide.
Mount your media at the same path Sonarr and Radarr use, so the paths they report match what Flexarr sees (or map them in Settings › Connections). latest is always the newest release.
Sign in
Open http://<your-server>:8383 in a browser. On first run Flexarr makes an API key and saves it in config.json in its config folder. Sign in with it once; after that each browser and device gets a sign-in of its own.
docker exec flexarr cat /config/config.jsonAdd your libraries and *arr apps
In Settings › Libraries, add your film, TV and music folders. In Settings › Connections, add Sonarr and Radarr with their API keys. Then, in each app, add a Webhook connection (Settings › Connect) with the address shown in Flexarr's Settings › Server, so new downloads appear straight away.
Apps
Watch on the big screen, or in bed.
Web
Built into the server, nothing to install. Open your server's address in any browser, on a computer, tablet or phone.
Included with the serverApple TV
Your libraries, Continue Watching and profiles from the sofa. Pick your server and approve it from your phone, no typing.
App Store: coming sooniPhone and iPad
Picture in Picture, AirPlay and playing on with the screen locked. Finds your server on the network by itself.
App Store: coming soonCan't wait? The Apple apps build from source with Xcode onto your own devices: see the README.