# CouchPotato/CouchPotatoServer

Automatic Movie Downloading via NZBs & Torrents

Repository: https://github.com/CouchPotato/CouchPotatoServer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/couchpotatoserver
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-08-04T18:39:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5687, "days_push": 1855, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3871, forks 1146 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.775133+00:00)

## What it is
CouchPotato is a self-hosted Python application that automatically searches for and downloads movies via NZBs and torrents. Users maintain a watchlist and it periodically searches indexers, sending results to SABnzbd or a torrent client.

## Use cases
- automatically download movies when they become available
- keep a wishlist of movies and search for nzbs and torrents
- send downloads to sabnzbd automatically
- monitor movie releases and grab them via torrent
- self-hosted pvr for movies

## When to choose
- you want a classic automated movie downloader with NZB and torrent support
- you need integration with SABnzbd and torrent clients
- you want a self-hosted web UI for managing a movie watchlist

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the last release was 2021 and it requires Python 2.7
- you want modern alternatives like Radarr with active development
- you need Python 3 compatibility

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-scraping, workflow-automation, scheduling, http-server
- domain: media, self-hosted
- platform: python, windows, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: nzb, torrents, pvr, movie-downloader, sabnzbd, python2, usenet, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- CouchPotato/CouchPotatoServer (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.775133+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:25:47.969071+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CouchPotato/CouchPotatoServer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.775133+00:00, sha 4a4b8f876c5d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.