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/v1.1.0
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
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!
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.
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.
Yup, link is golden now.
Omg you are a saint. I was missing a tool like this. Will check it out ASAP.
Awesome, thank you. Hope you like it.
Do you know if it will work with SQLite? I’d like to try it but I hate spinning up more postgres instances
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?
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?
I released a Docker image. You can get it here: https://github.com/aquantumofdonuts/mixarr/releases/tag/v1.1.0
Let me know if you have any issues!
It should work with just docker compose up using the default docker-compose.yml. web and API containers comprise the app, and caddy serves the frontend. Give it a try, let me know if you get stuck!
You currently have to build the docker images. Instructions are in the repo
Docker image released here: https://github.com/aquantumofdonuts/mixarr/releases/tag/v1.1.0
I spin it up yesterday and you don’t need to compile anything, it’s quite straightforward.
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.
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.
Man, that would absolutely rock if it integrated with Navidrome.Navidrome can scrobble to Listenbrainz which this supports.
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
Sorry, which subscription specifically were you using? I’ll try to reproduce the behavior you’re seeing. Might be an easy fix.
Listenbrainz Explore
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.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!
Interesting, that could be a bug. I’ll check it out. Thanks!
Is it possible to set this up with navidrome instead of lidarr?
Navidrome can scrobble to Listenbrainz which this supports.
GitHub link is funky, need to remove the ()
Thank you. Link is fixed.
Does it work with SoundCloud? I wanted to self host my library
Not currently, sorry. But I will look into adding that integration in the future
Well I can’t judge yet, but I’ve installed it, and I’ll try it out tomorrow!
How does this compare to lidify
The Discover feature is pretty much identical to what Lidify does. The distinguishing feature is the Subscriptions though. Like automated Lidify.
Looks cool. Any chance you’ll add Qobuz to the integration list in the future?
Thanks! I will look into it. But as noted elsewhere, Qobuz is already indirectly supported via Last.fm or ListenBrainz scrobbling.
I have yet to try OP’s tool, but I already have Qobuz connected to Last.fm and subsequently ListenBrainz if that is any use?
Yes, that’s a perfect setup. You can point Mixarr at ListenBrainz or Last.fm and get recommendations, playlists, etc. based on your Qobuz scribbling.
Was super interested right up until the AI recommendations bit.
I completely understand. Just one minor feature though, and it’s entirely optional. The real meat is in the “subscriptions”, which rely on more steadfast services like Last.fm and Spotify.
You might not like it, but AI can totally give you a recommendation of similar bands.
I can tell there are at least 5 people who didn’t like your suggestion. LMAO. But indeed, AI can do this and do it well. I put a few songs in and tell it to recommend similar Indie musicians. Works like a charm.
I’m OK with it as long as it’s not an LLM recommendation
Nope, LLM is not a requirement at all and is disabled by default.
