Every service is opt-in. Set its URL and API key in your .env — if either is missing, the service is silently skipped and won't appear in the UI.
# Sonarr
SONARR_URL=http://sonarr:8989
SONARR_API_KEY=
# Radarr
RADARR_URL=http://radarr:7878
RADARR_API_KEY=
# Lidarr
LIDARR_URL=http://lidarr:8686
LIDARR_API_KEY=
# Bazarr
BAZARR_URL=http://bazarr:6767
BAZARR_API_KEY=
# Plex
PLEX_URL=http://plex:32400
PLEX_TOKEN=
# AudioBookshelf
AUDIOBOOKSHELF_URL=http://audiobookshelf:13378
AUDIOBOOKSHELF_API_KEY=
# LazyLibrarian
LAZYLIBRARIAN_URL=http://lazylibrarian:5299
LAZYLIBRARIAN_API_KEY=
# huntarr.io
HUNTARR_URL=http://huntarr:3000
HUNTARR_API_KEY=
# Download managers
SABNZBD_URL=http://sabnzbd:8080
SABNZBD_API_KEY=
NZBGET_URL=http://nzbget:6789
NZBGET_USERNAME=
NZBGET_PASSWORD=
QBITTORRENT_URL=http://qbittorrent:8080
QBITTORRENT_USERNAME=
QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD=
TRANSMISSION_URL=http://transmission:9091
TRANSMISSION_USERNAME=
TRANSMISSION_PASSWORD=When services are on the same Docker network, use the container/service name as the hostname.
API v3. Full support: search, add, remove, upgrade, season/episode-level control, monitoring toggle.
Commands like "remove episodes 1 and 2 of Angel season 1" or "add Breaking Bad" route through Sonarr automatically when SONARR_URL is set.
API v3. Full support: search, add, remove, upgrade, monitoring toggle.
API v3. Supports search, add, remove, and listing artists and albums.
Companion to Sonarr/Radarr. Handles subtitle downloading and syncing.
"download missing subtitles for The Wire"
"get English subtitles for Inception"
"sync subtitles for Breaking Bad season 3"
Bazarr doesn't manage media files — it only handles subtitle files for content already in your Sonarr/Radarr libraries.
Plex is a media server, not a content manager — it doesn't download anything. Arrmate connects to it for browsing and control.
Finding your Plex token: Sign in at app.plex.tv, open any item, click ··· → Get Info → View XML. The token appears in the URL as X-Plex-Token.
The Plex hub has five tabs:
Continue Watching — items you've started but not finished, with progress bars. Hover over a card to rate it or queue intro/credit detection.
On Deck — next episodes to watch based on your viewing history.
Recently Added — latest additions across all your libraries.
Watch History — full playback history. Filter by user to see what a specific household member has watched. Hover a row to trigger intro or credit detection on that item.
Maintenance — Butler tasks (database backup, cache cleanup, deep media analysis, subtitle search, etc.) with run-now buttons. You can also trigger these by voice: "backup Plex database", "clean Plex".
When anything is playing, a strip appears across the top of every page showing title, user, player, and progress. Click the × to terminate a session — you'll get an inline confirmation first.
"what's playing on Plex"
"mark The Sopranos as watched"
"rate The Matrix 5 stars"
"clean Plex"
"backup Plex database"
"run deep media analysis on Plex"
Ratings use a 1–5 star scale. Butler task names are inferred from the command — "clean" maps to CleanOldBundles, "backup" maps to BackupDatabase, and so on.
Intro and credit skip markers can be queued from any card in the Continue Watching, On Deck, Recently Added, or History views. Calling detection on a series processes all its episodes.
Browse and search audiobook and podcast libraries. AudioBookshelf manages its own downloads — Arrmate provides a read-only view and basic search.
"list my audiobooks"
"search for Dune audiobook"
Book and audiobook management with automated downloading. Similar to Sonarr/Radarr but for books — monitors authors and downloads new releases.
"add Terry Pratchett books"
"search for Dune audiobook"
Dashboard statistics across connected services. Arrmate pulls metrics from huntarr's API to surface them in the services overview.
All four managers appear on the /web/downloads page when configured. You can monitor queue status, pause/resume downloads, and set speed limits from there.
Speed limits can also be set via the command page (natural language support for this is limited — use the Downloads UI for precise control).
SABnzbd — API key-based auth. Speed limit is set in KB/s; 0 removes the limit.
NZBget — HTTP Basic auth. JSON-RPC API.
qBittorrent — Cookie-based session auth. Speed limits in bytes/s (the UI converts from KB/s automatically).
Transmission — Optional HTTP Basic auth. Uses the X-Transmission-Session-Id CSRF token system internally.
Readarr shut down in 2024. Basic support remains for existing installs but won't be developed further. If you're setting up a new book management stack, use LazyLibrarian or AudioBookshelf instead.
| Service | Search | Add | Remove | List | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonarr | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Season/episode level, monitoring |
| Radarr | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Monitoring toggle |
| Lidarr | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Artists and albums |
| Bazarr | — | — | — | ✓ | Subtitle download/sync only |
| Plex | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | Rate, history, butler, terminate session |
| AudioBookshelf | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | Library browse |
| LazyLibrarian | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Author monitoring |
| huntarr.io | — | — | — | ✓ | Stats only |
| SABnzbd | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | Speed control |
| NZBget | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | Speed control |
| qBittorrent | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | Speed control |
| Transmission | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | Speed control |