# pymedusa/Medusa

Automatic Video Library Manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic.

Repository: https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pymedusa-medusa
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: episodes, medusa, nzb, mediainfo, subtitle, shows, trakt, metadata, torrent, tv, series
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:35:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3844, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 146.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1982, forks 286 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.866511+00:00)

## What it is
Medusa is a self-hosted, open-source PVR application that automatically manages TV show libraries. It monitors configured shows, searches Usenet and torrent providers, sends releases to download clients, and post-processes episodes with renaming, metadata, and subtitles.

## Use cases
- automatically download new tv show episodes
- manage and organize my tv series library
- search usenet and torrents for episodes automatically
- rename and add metadata to downloaded episodes
- download subtitles for tv shows automatically
- self-hosted pvr for plex kodi emby

## When to choose
- you want automated, scheduled episode searching and backlog grabbing for TV shows
- you use torrent or Usenet download clients and want integration with Plex, Kodi, or Emby
- you want a self-hosted, actively maintained Sick Beard fork with rich provider and post-processing options

## When to avoid
- you need a movie manager rather than TV shows (use Radarr instead)
- you don't have external torrent/Usenet providers and a compatible download client
- you want a fully hands-off legal streaming service - Medusa provides no media itself

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, scheduling, webhook, search-engine, file-system
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: python, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: pvr, tv-shows, usenet, torrents, video-library-manager, plex, kodi, emby, sickbeard-fork, subtitles, metadata, automation, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- pymedusa/Medusa (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.866511+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 2026-08-30T03:03:56.315383+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.866511+00:00, sha 0bac0c4bc4c4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.