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/releases/tag/latest

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!

  • jabberwockiX@piefed.socialEnglish
    28·
    26 days 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
      10·
      26 days 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.

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    261·
    25 days 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
      181·
      25 days 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.

      • OR3X@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        25 days ago

        Might also consider looking into Navidrome support. Not sure if it’s even possible but in my experience Jellyfin’s music experience is kinda crappy.

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    24 days 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
        3·
        24 days 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
          4·
          23 days 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.

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    25 days ago

    Man, that would absolutely rock if it integrated with Navidrome.

    Navidrome can scrobble to Listenbrainz which this supports.

  • bootstrap@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    First off thank you so much this is exactly what I’ve been waiting for.

    I looked at the compose file and it doesnt seem to have the base image in there, just the DB and web setup.

    I’m not super experienced with docker but would love to deploy this through my dockstarter setup - am I missing something here, is there a way to get it up and running through compose now?

  • Unrefined@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    5·
    24 days ago

    Been playing around with it over the last few days and I love it. I don’t use Spotify, but it does a great job at looking at my Plex library and recommending similar artists.

    Great job, and thanks!!

  • priapus@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    Do you know if it will work with SQLite? I’d like to try it but I hate spinning up more postgres instances

    • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      25 days ago

      Hi, it might but I haven’t explored that. I’ll look into it. Would you want to roll your own SQLite, or just have that containerized instead of postgres?

      • priapus@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        24 days ago

        SQLite doesnt require you to have any service running, the DB is just stored in a file which the program accesses through an SQLite library. I think its the best option for selfhosted software, as its very lightweight and more than performant enough for 99% of these use cases.

  • SeventySeven@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    25 days ago

    This is such good news to see this on my frontpage today, I’ll definitelybe giving this one a try later. Mad respect and appreciation for the amount of time this must have taken for you to make this. Thank you so much!

  • Buck@jlai.luEnglish
    2·
    25 days ago

    Well I can’t judge yet, but I’ve installed it, and I’ll try it out tomorrow!