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Indexers & Trackers

Search engines and indexer managers that connect your media applications to torrent trackers and Usenet indexers.

Applications

Prowlarr

Modern indexer manager that integrates with all *arr applications. Recommended choice.

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Jackett

Proxy server that translates tracker APIs into standardized format

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NZBHydra2

Meta search engine for Usenet indexers

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Autobrr

Modern IRC/Announce monitoring and automatic torrent downloading

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autodl-irssi (deprecated)

Plugin for irssi that monitors IRC announce channels

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Choosing an Indexer

Prowlarr (Recommended) - Best all-in-one solution. Manages all your indexers in one place and automatically syncs with Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, and Readarr.

Jackett - Good alternative to Prowlarr, but requires manual configuration for each application.

NZBHydra2 - Essential if you use multiple Usenet indexers. Provides unified search interface.

Autobrr - For advanced users who want instant race-based downloads from announce channels.

Why Use an Indexer Manager?

Instead of adding dozens of trackers to each application individually:

  1. Add all your trackers to Prowlarr once
  2. Prowlarr automatically syncs them to Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, etc.
  3. Update tracker URLs in one place
  4. Unified search across all trackers

Setup Process

  1. Install your indexer manager from App Dashboard → Package Management (/dashboard?mode=packages) — find the app, click Install, and the install log streams live. See App Management for the full flow (the CLI runs the same install for automation, e.g. qb install prowlarr -u username).

  2. Add your torrent trackers and Usenet indexers to the manager

  3. Connect your *arr applications (Sonarr, Radarr, etc.)

  4. The manager syncs all indexers automatically

Integration

Indexer managers integrate with:

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