Hey everyone,

I’m new here! I wanted to share a music search and discovery tool for Lidarr. It plugs into Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Plex/Tautulli, Jellyfin, and even some AI recommendations.

GitHub: https://github.com/aquantumofdonuts/mixarr

Website: https://aquantumofdonuts.github.io/mixarr/

What it does:

  • Connects to Lidarr and analyzes your existing artists
  • Hooks into Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Plex/Tautulli, and AI services
  • Finds related/similar artists, new releases, charts, labels, playlists, etc.
  • Gives you a review queue to approve or dismiss discovered artists
  • Automatically adds approved artists to Lidarr with the profile you choose
  • Has a universal search and discovery interface across all services
  • Runs as a web app (Next.js frontend + Express backend) and plays nice with Docker

Why I built it:

I wanted one tool that I could point at my Lidarr library and get a steady stream of relevant artist recommendations.

Basically, make music discovery feel as automated and “infrastructure-y” as the rest of the *arr ecosystem.

Current status:

  • Working with Lidarr + Spotify/TIDAL/Deezer/Last.fm/MusicBrainz + Plex/Tautulli
  • Has subscriptions for different discovery sources (charts, playlists, related & followed artists, etc.)
  • Docker-compose setup available, plus local dev if you prefer
  • Early but usable; I’m actively using it myself and iterating

If you try it, I’d love to hear any feedback! Thanks!

EDIT: version 2.0 released today February 10, 2026, with some nice updates

  • jabberwockiX@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    This sounds great. I will have to check it out when I’m back home. I have been missing a music discovery tool as I am trying to avoid using any of the corporate overlord algorithm machines.

    • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Awesome! I hope you like it. I’ve successfully converted my household from Spotify to Plexamp using this. Setup a few subscriptions, let the new artists and recommendations roll in, and you have a constant stream of new music.

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Connects to Lidarr

    So, I don’t run the ‘arr stack’, and am not interested in downloading, but I would like recommendations on new music. I am running Navidrome which scrobbles to Listenbrainz. How would Mixarr fit into this scenario?

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Oh snap! Man, you didn’t have to do all that just for one dipshit who didn’t understand what Mixarr was. I should have done a bit more reading. I feel embarrassed. I will spin this up in an hour or two when I get my chores done. Thank you so much!

        • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          Haha no worries! It’s a useful feature. No reason to lock the subscription engine behind a Lidarr connection.

          But I think I will rest for a while now lol.

    • curled@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      Why would you need this for your scenario? If you’re not downloading you can simply check the listenbrainz recommendations in the playlists that it creates for you

      • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Because I’m a dumbass who didn’t really understand what was going on. Kindly disregard the doddering old man.

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    19 days ago

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  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Nice. Couple of things:

    • The link in your post is broken 😉
    • Consider doing with Jellyfin anything you’ve done with Plex. Plex is on it’s way out, especially with Fediverse users.
    • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      I think the link is fixed now?

      I will definitely take the Jellyfin suggestion to heart. Mixarr is Plex-centric because that’s what I use, but I see that Jellyfin has a large share as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

      Edit: Added Jellyfin support. Four new subscription types in the “My Library” subscription preset group. You can pull and rebuild docker (or pull the latest image) to get the changes.

  • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1·
    20 days ago

    I released version 2.0 of Mixarr today, with some nice feature and visual updates and fixes. Looking for feedback if anyone gives it a try, or update if you’ve already been running it.