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/v1.1.1

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!

  • Unrefined@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    6·
    2 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!!

  • arthor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    21 hours ago

    really liking this… i’ve been using SoulSync, but its very buggy, and its mainly a soulseek driven downloader… lidarr is the way to go,

    which trackers are good for music? should i just try and get a red invite?

    • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      The Discover feature is pretty much identical to what Lidify does. The distinguishing feature is the Subscriptions though. Like automated Lidify.

  • immobile7801@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    Just spun it a up earlier today, looks great! I’m wondering if maybe I’m misunderstanding how listenbrainz subs work. The explore subscription doesn’t pull in my users “weekly exploration” playlist, it’s totally unrelated songs it’s pulling. Although it does appear to pull in accurate listenbrainz artist recommendations

    • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Sorry, which subscription specifically were you using? I’ll try to reproduce the behavior you’re seeing. Might be an easy fix.

      • immobile7801@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Listenbrainz Explore
        image
        I just noticed there is an explore tab on listenbrainz, is that what this is supposed to pull from? I was thinking it was supposed to pull from the weekly exploration playlist listenbrainz creates.

        • aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Ok, got it. Yes, this was a funky UI bug. There is now a ListenBrainz preset for Weekly Exploration, which pulls from the user’s playlist, and the “type” dropdown is disabled once you select a preset.

          Please give it a try, let me know if that fixes the issue you were having. I updated the repo, you can pull and rebuild containers to get the changes.

          Thanks!

  • Fmstrat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    272·
    2 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·
      2 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
        4·
        2 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.

  • priapus@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    3 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·
      3 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·
        2 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.

        • curled@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Performance isn’t the only advantage to a full postgres deployment. I have a central database for all of my self hosted apps which makes it really easy to back it all up.

          I’ve had a lot of problems in the past from software crashes that left sqlite files in a corrupt state, backups where the sqlite file wasn’t properly closed leaving it in a weird unlockable state, transactions not completing when swap is used, etc. Besides that sqlite really doesn’t play nice with NFS, which is the basis for quite a few cloud storage providers.

          “Best option” really depends on what self hosting looks like in your specific setup.

          • priapus@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            18 hours ago

            Yeah, I wasn’t trying to say SQLite is universally better. I shouldn’t have said best option, I really meant best default. I don’t think the majority of users are running a central db, most will just spin-up docker compose files for each service and end up with multiple SQL versions running.

            I’ve had a lot of problems in the past from software crashes that left sqlite files in a corrupt state

            I have had this issue, but it was always easily recoverable. I haven’t had the same issues with backups, although a lot of the software I use that’s running SQLite has a builtin backup feature, then I just backup that directory to a cloud service.

            Besides that SQLite really doesn’t play nice with NFS, which is the basis for quite a few cloud storage providers. Also a good point, I just don’t think the majority of users are using NFS for their DBs.

            When an app is using an ORM already, I think they might as well make sure it supports both SQLite and a hosted DB like Postgres

            • curled@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              4 hours ago

              Yeah that’s true, in the case of just running a premade compose file sqlite is the better choice for sure

  • SeventySeven@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 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!

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 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?

    • curled@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days 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·
        24 hours 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·
          19 hours 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.

  • bootstrap@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    3 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?