Lidarr
Lidarr manages music libraries — tracking artists and albums, and automatically searching for missing or below-cutoff content. Seekarr connects to Lidarr via its API to drive those searches on a continuous schedule.
Default port: 8686
Lidarr Instances
Go to Settings → Lidarr in the Seekarr web UI and fill in the following for each instance:
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| URL | Base URL of your Lidarr instance, e.g. http://10.0.0.5:8686. No trailing slash. |
| API Key | In Lidarr: Settings → General → Security → API Key |
| Enabled | Toggle to enable or disable this instance without removing it. |
Click Test Connection to verify, then Save. You can add up to 9 instances per app.
Search Settings
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Missing Search Mode | artist |
Search by Artist (all missing albums for an artist at once) or Album (one album at a time). |
| Missing Search | 1 |
Number of artists (or albums) with missing content to search per cycle. Set to 0 to disable. |
| Upgrade Search | 0 |
Number of below-cutoff albums to search for upgrades per cycle. Set to 0 to disable. |
| Sleep Duration | 900 |
Seconds between search cycles. |
| API Cap — Hourly | 20 |
Maximum search API calls per hour. Setting this too high risks account bans. |
Additional Options
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monitored Only | Enabled | Only search for albums marked as monitored in Lidarr. To exclude specific artists or albums from Seekarr's activity, unmonitor them in Lidarr — Seekarr will skip them entirely. |
| Skip Future Releases | Enabled | Skip albums whose release date is in the future. |