BitTorrent / Download Tools¶
Overview¶
- Transmission - Lightweight BitTorrent server with web interface
- Deluge - Alternative BitTorrent server with web interface
- qBittorrent - Lightweight and fast (C++) BitTorrent server with web interface
- rTorrent - BitTorrent server with ruTorrent web interface
- Aria2 - Download manager with web interface
- SABnzbd - NZB download manager with web interface
- Medusa - Automatically download TV shows
- Sonarr - Automatically download TV shows
- Radarr - Automatically download Movies
- Bazarr - Automatically download Subtitles for Sonarr/Radarr
- Lidarr - Automatically download Music
- Readarr - Ebook and audiobook collection manager
- Prowlarr - Indexer manager & proxy for PVR
- Jackett - API Support for your favourite torrent trackers
- NZBGet - NZB download manager with web interface
- HTPC Manager - combines all your favourite software into one slick interface
- youtube-dl - download videos from YouTube and other sites
- LazyLibrarian - Ebook and audiobook collection manager
How do I run DietPi-Software and install optimised software items?
To install any of the DietPi optimised software items listed below run from the command line:
dietpi-software
Choose Browse Software and select one or more items. Finally select Install.
DietPi will do all the necessary steps to install and start these software items.

To see all the DietPi configurations options, review the DietPi Tools section.
Return to the Optimised Software list
Transmission¶
Transmission, the lightweight web interface BitTorrent server that allows you to download BitTorrent files.
USB dedicated hard drive highly recommended

The web interface is accessible via port 9091:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:9091 - Username:
root - Password:
<your global password>
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Transmission can be configured via its config file: /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart transmission
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Transmission:
- folder accessed via file server:
downloads - local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
DietPi sets up Transmission to use port forwarding on the router.
In rare cases this won’t work with some routers and you will need to manually setup port forwarding:
- Use TCP+UDP with the default DietPi transmission port of 51413.
- Point this port to the IP address of your DietPi system.
Once port forwarding is setup, simply complete the following to update transmission:
- Load up the transmission web interface
- Click the
settingsbutton (bottom left spanner) - Click the
networktab - Where is says
Use port forwarding on my router, uncheck this box.
Simply close and reopen this screen to refresh the port status.
Since Transmission runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status transmission
systemctl start transmission
systemctl stop transmission
systemctl restart transmission
Logs can be viewed with the following command:
journalctl -u transmission-daemon
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://transmissionbt.com/
Official documentation: https://github.com/transmission/transmission/blob/main/docs/README.md
Deluge¶
Deluge, the web interface BitTorrent server that allows you to download BitTorrent files. This Python coded BitTorrent server is an alternative to the Lightweight Transmission option.
USB dedicated hard drive highly recommended

The web interface is accessible via port 8112:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8112 - Password:
<your global password>
Select the host 127.0.0.1 and click connect.
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
sudo -u debian-deluged deluge-console
Deluge can be configured via its config files in /mnt/dietpi_userdata/deluge/.config/deluge/:
core.confweb.confhostlist.conf
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart deluged deluge-web
- Open up Deluge client on your other system
- Select
Preferences>Interfaceand disable (uncheck)Classic Mode. Save changes and restart Deluge - When the connection manager appears, select
Add. - Enter the following details:
- Hostname: Your device’s IP address (e.g.: 192.168.0.100)
- Port: 58846
- Username:
root - Password:
<your global password>
- Simply select and connect to the new entry
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Deluge:
- Folder accessed via file server:
downloads - Local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
Since Deluge runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status deluged
systemctl start deluged
systemctl stop deluged
systemctl restart deluged
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u deluged
journalctl -u deluge-web
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://deluge-torrent.org/
Official documentation: https://deluge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
Configuration options: https://deluge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/deluge.core.html
qBittorrent¶
qBittorrent is a lightweight BitTorrent server with a slick web interface. As its coded in C++ (Qt), it offers excellent performance on any device.
USB dedicated hard drive highly recommended

The web interface is accessible via port 1340:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:1340 - Username:
qbittorrent - Password:
<your global password>(default:dietpi)
NB: Since qBittorrent v4.2.0 (Debian Bullseye), a new safer hash algorithm is used, which we are currently not able to replicate dynamically for the global software password with common shell tools. Until then, for your first login the password isdietpi. Please change it directly after first login: MichaIng/DietPi#5078
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
qBittorrent can be configured via its config file: /home/qbittorrent/.config/qBittorrent/qBittorrent.conf:
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart qbittorrent
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by qBittorrent:
- Folder accessed via file server:
downloads - Local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
Before activating search plugins within qBittorrent, you would need to install Python first. Afterwards you can search and activate the plugins.
Since qBittorrent runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status qbittorrent
systemctl start qbittorrent
systemctl stop qbittorrent
systemctl restart qbittorrent
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u qbittorrent
cat /var/log/qbittorrent/qbittorrent.log
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://www.qbittorrent.org/
Official documentation (wiki): https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/
rTorrent¶
rTorrent is a BitTorrent server. ruTorrent is also installed to allow for web interface access and control.
Also installs:
- Webserver
USB dedicated hard drive highly recommended

- URL:
http://<your.IP>/rutorrent - Username:
root - Password:
<your global password>(default:dietpi)
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
The login credentials can be changed, depending on the webserver choice, with the following commands:
# With Lighttpd (default):
echo "username:rtorrent:$(echo -n 'username:rtorrent:password' | md5sum | mawk '{print $1}')" > /etc/.rutorrent-htaccess
# With Apache:
htpasswd -c /etc/.rutorrent-htaccess
# With Nginx:
echo "username:$(openssl passwd -apr1 'password')" > /etc/.rutorrent-htaccess
rTorrent can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/rtorrent/.rtorrent.rc.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart rtorrent
Remark #1: The rTorrent configuration via the web interface will be overwritten from the .rtorrent.rc file at every start/restart of rTorrent.
Remark #2: If rTorrent signals Tracker: [Failure reason "Invalid key: port"], check the setting in rtorrent.rc: network.port_open.set = yes (which is the installation default value).
See also rTorrent Performance Tuning by Mikhail Zadorsky on GitHub.
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by rTorrent:
- Folder accessed via file server:
downloads - Local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
Important note:
rTorrent creates a lock file based on the systems hostname. When the hostname is changed (e.g. via dietpi-config > Security Options), then the old lock file needs to be removed to allow rTorrent creating a new one based on the new hostname:
rm /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/.session/rtorrent.lock
systemctl restart rtorrent
rTorrent by default listens on the UNIX domain socket at /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/.session/rpc.socket. The webserver is configured to proxy http://<your.IP>/RPC2 calls to the UNIX socket, but HTTP authentication is enforced for that URL.
Since rTorrent runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status rtorrent
systemctl start rtorrent
systemctl stop rtorrent
systemctl restart rtorrent
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u rtorrent
Issues with the web interface can be debugged via webserver logs:
# With Lighttpd (default):
journalctl -u lighttpd
more /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
# With Apache:
journalctl -u apache2
more /var/log/apache2/error.log
# With Nginx:
journalctl -u nginx
more /var/log/nginx/error.log
rTorrent itself is installed via APT, and hence can be updated by running the following commands:
apt update
apt install rtorrent
If the ruTorrent web interface shall be updated as well, easiest is a reinstall:
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Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://rakshasa.github.io/rtorrent/
Official documentation: https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/wiki
Wikipedia: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/RTorrent
Source code: rakshasa/rtorrent
License: GPLv2
ruTorrent documentation: https://github.com/Novik/ruTorrent/wiki
ruTorrent source code: Novik/ruTorrent
ruTorrent license: GPLv3
Aria2¶
Download manager, with a slick web UI interface. Also supports BitTorrent downloads.
Also installs:
- Webserver

- URL:
http://<your.IP>/aria2/docs - rpc secret password:
<your global password>
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
This needs to be entered in the following location, in the web interface:
SettingsConnection Settings- Enter the rpc secret password into the
Enter the secret token (optional):box, then save changes
Aria2 can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/aria2/aria2.conf.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart aria2
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Aria2:
- Folder accessed via file server:
downloads - Local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads
Please note, the aria2-webui does not support saving settings after session shutdown, this is a known limitation with the software, please use the file aria2.conf to make changes:
- Stop services with
systemctl stop aria2 - Edit the following configuration file:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/aria2/aria2.conf, making your required changes. - Start services with
systemctl start aria2
Full list of aria2.conf settings: https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/aria2c.html
Since Aria2 runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status aria2
systemctl start aria2
systemctl stop aria2
systemctl restart aria2
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u aria2
Issues with the web interface can be debugged via webserver logs:
# With Apache (default):
journalctl -u apache2
more /var/log/apache2/error.log
# With Nginx:
journalctl -u nginx
more /var/log/nginx/error.log
# With Lighttpd:
journalctl -u lighttpd
more /var/log/lighttpd/error.log
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://aria2.github.io/
Official documentation: https://aria2.github.io/manual/en/html/index.html
SABnzbd¶
NZB download manager with web interface.

The web interface uses port 8080:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8080/sabnzbd
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
SABnzbd can be configured via its config file: /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini.
See https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/configuration/4.5/configure for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart sabnzbd
In some instances, initial config generation during installation isn’t successful.
If you experience this, please run the following commands to reapply config settings for DietPi (copy and paste all).
systemctl stop sabnzbd
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'log_level[[:blank:]]+=' 'log_level = 0' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini # Warnings and errors only
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'auto_browser[[:blank:]]+=' 'auto_browser = 0' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'host[[:blank:]]+=' 'host = 0.0.0.0' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'admin_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'admin_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/sabnzbd_admin' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'download_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'download_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/incomplete' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'complete_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'complete_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/complete' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'nzb_backup_dir[[:blank:]]+=' 'nzb_backup_dir = /mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/sabnzbd_nzb_backup' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'permissions[[:blank:]]+=' 'permissions = 0775' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
G_CONFIG_INJECT 'refresh_rate[[:blank:]]+=' 'refresh_rate = 2' /etc/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.ini
systemctl start sabnzbd
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by SABnzbd:
- Folder accessed via file server:
downloads/complete - Local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/complete
Requires compile install, please see: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/installation/multicore-par2
The steps require a Git client and build tools. You can install these running next command in the terminal:
apt install git build-essential
Since SABnzbd runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status sabnzbd
systemctl start sabnzbd
systemctl stop sabnzbd
systemctl restart sabnzbd
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u sabnzbd
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Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://sabnzbd.org/
Official documentation: https://sabnzbd.org/wiki/
Medusa¶
Automatically download your favorite TV shows, as they become available.
Searches both Bit Torrent and Usenet, has a feature to automatically download and organise the download, with your favorite Bit Torrent app.
A download client is required
Transmission BitTorrent server is recommended to enable automatic downloads

The web interface is accessible via port 8081:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8081
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Medusa can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/medusa/config.ini.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart medusa
Once registered and logged in with Medusa:
- Click the
Showsbutton (top of screen) - Click the
Add Showsoption. - Select the
Add new showoption - Input a TV show to find in the search box, select one of the entries from the search results, then click
Next - Make sure the parent folder is
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads, then clickNext - Finally, click the
Add showbutton
- Click the
Settings“cog” button (the top right hand corner of the screen) - Select
Search providers - Select and tick the BitTorrent sites you would like enable. When Medusa searches for a TV show, these sites will then be searched for the available torrent.
- Finally click
Save changes(bottom of the page)
To use this feature, you will need a supported BitTorrent server installed. All of the BitTorrent servers available in dietpi-software are supported by Medusa.
- Click the
Settings“cog” button (the top right hand corner of the screen) - Select
Search settings - Select
Torrent searchtab. - Make sure the entry enable torrent search providers is enabled (ticked)
- Under the section
Send .torrent files to, select the BitTorrent program you have installed, then enter the details. - Use the
Test connectionbutton at the bottom of the page to ensure Medusa can connect to your BitTorrent server. - Finally click
Save changes(bottom of the page)
Since Medusa runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status medusa
systemctl start medusa
systemctl stop medusa
systemctl restart medusa
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u medusa
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Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: pymedusa/Medusa
Official documentation: https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa/wiki/Installation-&-Configuration-Guides
Sonarr¶
Automatically download your favorite TV shows, as they become available.
A download client is required
Transmission BitTorrent server is recommended to enable automatic downloads

The web interface is accessible via port 8989:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8989
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Before you can add TV shows, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:
- Simply go to
Settings>Indexerthen choose at least one indexer.
Setup your download client:
- Simply go to
Settings>Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.
Setup file creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications (e.g. Plex subtitle downloads), you’ll also need to set the file/folder creation mask to allow this.
- In the Sonarr web interface, select
Settings - Toggle to
Advanced settingsslider (enable it) - Under
Media Managementtab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

- Save changes
- Simply select
Series>Add TV Show - Type a name of the show you wish to find
- Once found, under path use the following location
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads - Change any further options (such as video quality) if needed, then select
+
Sonarr can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/sonarr/config.xml.
See https://wiki.servarr.com/sonarr/environment-variables for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart sonarr
By default Sonarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/ and /media. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:
- Run
dietpi-servicesfrom console - Select
sonarr - Select
Edit - Uncomment (remove leading
#) the line, starting withReadWritePaths= - Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
- Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit
Link the Sonarr info/settings database to RAM to increase access performance, reduce disk I/O and avoid constant external HDD spinning due to the very regular access to these files: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-arr-to-ram-link-sonarr-radarr-lidarr-database-files-to-ram/3120
Since Sonarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status sonarr
systemctl start sonarr
systemctl stop sonarr
systemctl restart sonarr
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u sonarr
cat /var/log/sonarr/sonarr.txt
- Use the internal web based updater
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://sonarr.tv/
Official documentation: https://wiki.servarr.com/sonarr
YouTube video tutorial: How to install and configure Sonarr on Raspberry Pi with DietPi
Radarr¶
Automatically download your favorite movies, as they become available.
A download client is required
Transmission BitTorrent server is recommended to enable automatic downloads

The web interface is accessible via port 7878:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:7878
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Before you can add movies, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:
- Simply go to
Settings>Indexerthen choose at least one indexer.
Setup your download client:
- Simply go to
Settings>Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.
Setup file creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications (e.g. Plex subtitle downloads), you’ll also need to set the file/folder creation mask to allow this.
- In the Radarr web interface, select
Settings - Toggle to
Advanced settings(enable it) - Under
Media Managementtab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

- Save changes
- Simply select
Add New Movies - Type a name of the movie you wish to find
- Once found, under
pathuse the following location/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads - Change any further options (such as video quality) if needed, then select
+
Radarr can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/radarr/config.xml.
See https://wiki.servarr.com/radarr/environment-variables for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart radarr
By default Radarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/ and /media. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:
- Run
dietpi-servicesfrom console - Select
radarr - Select
Edit - Uncomment (remove leading
#) the line, starting withReadWritePaths= - Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
- Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit
Link the Radarr info/settings database to RAM to increase access performance, reduce disk I/O and avoid constant external HDD spinning due to the very regular access to these files: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-arr-to-ram-link-sonarr-radarr-lidarr-database-files-to-ram/3120
Since Radarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status radarr
systemctl start radarr
systemctl stop radarr
systemctl restart radarr
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u radarr
cat /var/log/radarr/radarr.txt
- Use the internal web based updater
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://radarr.video/
Official documentation: https://wiki.servarr.com/radarr
YouTube video tutorial: How to install and configure Radarr on Raspberry Pi with DietPi
Bazarr¶
Bazarr is a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr that manages and downloads subtitles based on your requirements.
Key features:
- Automatic search Search automatically for missing subtitles and download them as soon as they become available in your desired language.
- Manual search Find all the matching subtitles, choose the one you want and download it to your media directory with the proper name to be used by your media player.
- Subtitles upgrade Search for matching subtitles on a regular basis and upgrade the one you previously downloaded if a better one is found.

The web interface is accessible via port 6767:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:6767
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.

Bazarr can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/bazarr/config.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart bazarr
Since Bazarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status bazarr
systemctl start bazarr
systemctl stop bazarr
systemctl restart bazarr
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u bazarr
cat /var/log/bazarr/bazarr.log
- Use the internal web based updater
Official website: https://www.bazarr.media/
Official documentation: https://wiki.bazarr.media/
GitHub page: https://github.com/morpheus65535/bazarr/wiki
Source code: morpheus65535/bazarr
Lidarr¶
Automatically download your favorite music.
A download client is required
Transmission BitTorrent server is recommended to enable automatic downloads

The web interface is accessible via port 8686:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8686
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Before you can add music, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:
- Simply go to
Settings>Indexerthen choose at least one indexer.
Setup your download client:
- Simply go to
Settings>Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.
Setup file creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications (e.g. Plex subtitle downloads), you’ll also need to set the file/folder creation mask to allow this.
- In the Sonarr web interface, select
Settings - Toggle to
Advanced settingsslider (enable it) Under
Media Managementtab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:
Save changes
- Simply select
Artist>Add New - Type a name of the artist you wish to find
- Once found, under root folder, use the following location
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads - Change any other settings as required, then select
Add
Lidarr can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/lidarr/config.xml.
See https://wiki.servarr.com/lidarr/environment-variables for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart lidarr
By default Lidarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/ and /media. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:
- Run
dietpi-servicesfrom console - Select
lidarr - Select
Edit - Uncomment (remove leading
#) the line, starting withReadWritePaths= - Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
- Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit
Link the Lidarr info/settings database to RAM to increase access performance, reduce disk I/O and avoid constant external HDD spinning due to the very regular access to these files: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-arr-to-ram-link-sonarr-radarr-lidarr-database-files-to-ram/3120
Since Lidarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status lidarr
systemctl start lidarr
systemctl stop lidarr
systemctl restart lidarr
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u lidarr
cat /var/log/lidarr/lidarr.txt
- Use the internal web based updater
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://lidarr.audio/
Official documentation: https://wiki.servarr.com/lidarr
Readarr¶
Automatically download your favorite ebook, as they become available.
A download client is required
Transmission BitTorrent server is recommended to enable automatic downloads

The web interface is accessible via port 8787:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8787
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Before you can add ebooks, you’ll need to select a search indexer to use from the web interface:
- Simply go to
Settings>Indexerthen choose at least one indexer.
Setup your download client:
- Simply go to
Settings>Download Client, select your installed download client and enter required credentials.
Setup folder creation mask:
If you require write access from other applications, you’ll also need to set the folder creation mask to allow this.
- In the Readarr web interface, select
Settings - Toggle to
Advanced settings(enable it) - Under
Media Managementtab, scroll down to the bottom of the page under Permissions, set the following values:

- Save changes
- Simply select
Add New Author - Type a name of the ebook or author you wish to find
- Once found, under
pathuse the following location/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads - Change any further options if needed, then select
Add
Readarr can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/readarr/config.xml.
See https://wiki.servarr.com/readarr/settings for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart readarr
By default Readarr has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/ and /media. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:
- Run
dietpi-servicesfrom console - Select
readarr - Select
Edit - Uncomment (remove leading
#) the line, starting withReadWritePaths= - Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
- Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit
The install, config and data directory is located at:
- Install directory:
/opt/readarr - Data directory:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/readarr - Readarr configuration file:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/readarr/config.xml
Since Readarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status readarr
systemctl start readarr
systemctl stop readarr
systemctl restart readarr
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u readarr
cat /var/log/readarr/readarr.txt
- Use the internal web based updater
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://readarr.com/
Official documentation: https://wiki.servarr.com/readarr
Source code: Readarr/Readarr
License: GPLv3
Prowlarr¶
Prowlarr is an indexer manager/proxy built on the popular *arr .net/reactjs base stack to integrate with your various PVR apps. Prowlarr supports management of both Torrent Trackers and Usenet Indexers. It integrates seamlessly with Lidarr, Mylar3, Radarr, Readarr, and Sonarr offering complete management of your indexers.

The web interface is accessible via port 9696:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:9696
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Prowlarr can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/prowlarr/config.xml.
See https://wiki.servarr.com/prowlarr/environment-variables for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart prowlarr
Since Prowlarr runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status prowlarr
systemctl start prowlarr
systemctl stop prowlarr
systemctl restart prowlarr
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u prowlarr
cat /var/log/prowlarr/prowlarr.txt
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://prowlarr.com/
Official documentation: https://wiki.servarr.com/prowlarr
Source code: Prowlarr/Prowlarr
License: GPLv3
Jackett¶
Jackett works as a proxy server: it translates queries from apps (Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Medusa) into tracker-site-specific HTTP queries, parses the HTML response, then sends results back to the requesting software. This allows for getting recent uploads (like RSS) and performing searches.

The web interface is accessible via port 9117:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:9117
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Since Jackett runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status jackett
systemctl start jackett
systemctl stop jackett
systemctl restart jackett
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u jackett
Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: Jackett/Jackett
NZBGet¶
Extremely efficient and fast NZB download manager with web interface. Coded in C++.

The web interface is accessible via port 6789:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:6789 - Username:
admin - Password:
<your global password>
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
NZBGet can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/nzbget/nzbget.conf.
See https://nzbget.com/documentation/, tab “Configuration” for details.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart nzbget
Make sure you have one of DietPi’s File Servers installed.
Folders used by Transmission:
- Folder accessed via file server:
downloads/complete - Local folder:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/downloads/complete
Since NZBGet runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status nzbget
systemctl start nzbget
systemctl stop nzbget
systemctl restart nzbget
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u nzbget
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Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://nzbget.com/
Official documentation: https://nzbget.com/documentation/
HTPC Manager¶
HTPC Manager combines all your favourite software into one slick interface.
Do all your HTPC tasks without using 5 different interfaces!

The web interface is accessible via port 8085:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:8085
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
Since HTPC Manager runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status htpc-manager
systemctl start htpc-manager
systemctl stop htpc-manager
systemctl restart htpc-manager
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u htpc-manager
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Official website: https://htpc.io/
Official documentation: https://nzbget.com/documentation/
youtube-dl¶
youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and many more sites. See here the full list of supported websites: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
This tool could be accessed from the command line
youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
Read the documentation for more details on the options used: ytdl-org/youtube-dl#options
Official website: https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
Official documentation: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/blob/master/README.md
LazyLibrarian¶
LazyLibrarian is a program to follow authors and grab metadata for all your digital reading needs, including ebooks and audiobooks.
A download client is required
Transmission BitTorrent server is recommended to enable automatic downloads

The web interface is accessible via TCP port 5299:
- URL:
http://<your.IP>:5299
Using <hostname>.local instead of using <your.IP> (Avahi-Daemon)
By installing Avahi-Daemon, the web interface can be accessed with <hostname>.local (default: dietpi.local) instead of using <your.IP>. See the Avahi-Daemon documentation for details.
By default LazyLibrarian has strict permissions to only access download and media directories inside /mnt/ and /media. If you need to use a different location, please do the following:
- Run
dietpi-servicesfrom console - Select
lazylibrarian - Select
Edit - Uncomment (remove leading
#) the line, starting withReadWritePaths= - Add your custom path to the end of this line, separated by one space
- Press Ctrl+O buttons to save and Ctrl+X to exit
LazyLibrarian can be configured via its config file: /mnt/dietpi_userdata/lazylibrarian/config.ini.
To apply changes, restart the service:
systemctl restart lazylibrarian
The install, config and data directory is located at:
- Install directory:
/opt/lazylibrarian - Data directory:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/lazylibrarian - Configuration file:
/mnt/dietpi_userdata/lazylibrarian/config.ini
Since LazyLibrarian runs as systemd service, it can be controlled with the following commands:
systemctl status lazylibrarian
systemctl start lazylibrarian
systemctl stop lazylibrarian
systemctl restart lazylibrarian
Logs can be viewed with the following commands:
journalctl -u lazylibrarian
cat /var/log/lazylibrarian/lazylibrarian.log
cat /var/log/lazylibrarian/dbupgrade.log
To update LazyLibrarian, simply reinstall it:
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Although we enable forced encryption on all our BitTorrent clients, if you wish to ensure complete privacy and piece of mind for all your downloaded content, using a VPN is critical. We highly recommend NordVPN as it offers unlimited bandwidth, zero logging and up to 6 devices on a single account. It can be easily setup using our DietPi-VPN tool.
Official website: https://lazylibrarian.gitlab.io/
Source code: LazyLibrarian/LazyLibrarian
License: GPLv3