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Overview

This category includes 24 media and entertainment services for streaming, downloading, organizing, and enjoying your personal media library. From audiobooks and music to movies and TV shows, these services provide complete media center capabilities.

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Available Services

ServiceDescription
AudiobookshelfA self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with multi-user support and playback syncing
BazarrA companion tool to Radarr and Sonarr for managing subtitles
BookLoreA self-hosted application for managing and reading books
ConfigarrManage and sync configuration for Radarr, Sonarr, and related services
HytaleA self-hosted Hytale game server
ImmichA self-hosted Google Photos alternative with face recognition and mobile sync
JellyfinAn open-source media system that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media
JellyseerrA request management and media discovery tool for Jellyfin and Plex users
KavitaAn open-source, self-hosted digital library for comics, manga, and ebooks
MetubeA self-hosted YouTube downloader with playlist support
MinifluxA minimalist and opinionated feed reader
NavidromeYour Personal Streaming Service self-hosted
PicardMusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform music tagger for organizing and tagging music files
PlexA media server that organizes video, music, and photos from personal media libraries
PosterizarrAutomatically generates and updates posters/artwork for media libraries
ProwlarrAn indexer manager and proxy for applications like Radarr, Sonarr, and Lidarr
qBittorrentAn open-source BitTorrent client
RadarrA movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users
RecyclarrTools for managing, migrating, and maintaining indexers and quality profiles
SeerrA request management and media discovery tool for Plex, Jellyfin and Emby
SlinkA fast, self-hosted alternative to ShareDrop for secure local file sharing
SonarrA PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users to manage TV series
Swing MusicA fast, beautiful, self-hosted music streaming server for your local audio library
TautulliA monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server

Plex

The most popular self-hosted media server

Jellyfin

Free and open-source media server alternative

Immich

Self-hosted Google Photos replacement

Audiobookshelf

Audiobooks and podcasts with syncing

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Quick Setup Example

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Plex Media Server

Plex is the most popular self-hosted media server. Here’s a basic setup: 
services:
  plex:
    image: plexinc/pms-docker:latest
    network_mode: service:tailscale
    depends_on:
      - tailscale
    environment:
      - PLEX_CLAIM=claim-xxxxx
      - TZ=America/New_York
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./media:/media

  tailscale:
    image: tailscale/tailscale:latest
    environment:
      - TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxxx
      - TS_STATE_DIR=/var/lib/tailscale
      - TS_SERVE_CONFIG=/config/serve-config.json
    volumes:
      - ./ts-state:/var/lib/tailscale
      - ./serve-config.json:/config/serve-config.json
Get your Plex claim token from plex.tv/claim to link your server to your account.

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Jellyfin

Jellyfin is a completely free and open-source alternative to Plex: 
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    network_mode: service:tailscale
    depends_on:
      - tailscale
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - ./cache:/cache
      - ./media:/media

  tailscale:
    image: tailscale/tailscale:latest
    environment:
      - TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxxx
      - TS_STATE_DIR=/var/lib/tailscale
    volumes:
      - ./ts-state:/var/lib/tailscale

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The *arr Stack

Many users combine these services for automated media management:
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Prowlarr

Configure indexers and search providers
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Sonarr & Radarr

Automatically download and organize TV shows and movies
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Bazarr

Automatically download subtitles
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qBittorrent

Download client for torrents
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Plex/Jellyfin

Stream your organized media library
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Jellyseerr/Seerr

Request interface for users

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Use Cases

  • Personal media streaming with Plex or Jellyfin
  • Photo backup and sharing with Immich
  • Music streaming with Navidrome or Swing Music
  • Audiobooks and podcasts with Audiobookshelf
  • Comics and ebooks with Kavita
  • Automated media downloads with the *arr stack
  • Media monitoring with Tautulli
  • RSS feed reading with Miniflux
All service configurations are available in the ScaleTail GitHub repository.

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