# TRaSH-Guides/Guides

TRaSH-Guides is a comprehensive collection of guides for Radarr, Sonarr, and related media management applications.

Repository: https://github.com/TRaSH-Guides/Guides
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/trash-guides-guides
Homepage: https://trash-guides.info/
Language: Markdown
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sonarr, radarr, bazarr, nzbget, nzbget-script, tutorial, tutorials, guide, guides, tips, tips-and-tricks, plex, sabnzbd, prowlarr
Last push: 2026-08-25T21:50:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2772, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3144, forks 319 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:45.957940+00:00)

## What it is
TRaSH-Guides is a comprehensive, community-maintained collection of setup and configuration guides for Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, and related media management applications, published at trash-guides.info. Developed in collaboration with the Radarr and Sonarr teams, it provides recommended settings, quality profiles, naming schemes, and folder structures for building an optimal automated media server stack.

## Use cases
- best settings for radarr and sonarr
- how to set up a plex media server with sonarr
- recommended quality profiles and custom formats for radarr
- folder structure that supports hardlinks and atomic moves
- configure qbittorrent or sabnzbd as a download client for sonarr
- how to avoid download loops with proper naming schemes
- step-by-step media server setup guide for beginners
- anime-specific quality profile setup for sonarr

## When to choose
- you are setting up or tuning a Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, or Bazarr instance and want developer-approved recommended settings
- you need a proven share and folder structure that enables hardlinks and instant moves on your media server
- you want step-by-step instructions for configuring download clients like qBittorrent, SABnzbd, NZBGet, or Deluge with correct categories and paths
- you want regularly updated guidance that keeps pace with changes in the *Arr applications

## When to avoid
- you need official API documentation or end-user manuals for the *Arr applications themselves rather than community best-practice guides
- you are looking for software to install or run rather than documentation to read and follow
- you need support or troubleshooting help, since GitHub issues are closed automatically and support is handled on Discord

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: media, self-hosted, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: radarr, sonarr, prowlarr, bazarr, plex, media-server, download-clients, qbittorrent, sabnzbd, nzbget, deluge, hardlinks, quality-profiles, custom-formats, mkdocs, arr-apps, usenet, torrents, folder-structure, best-practices, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- TRaSH-Guides/Guides (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.957940+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 2026-08-30T07:25:59.248855+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TRaSH-Guides/Guides (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.957940+00:00, sha ae9b0af2abd8)
  - homepage: https://trash-guides.info/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:41.186211+00:00, sha 964197c5ce05)
  - site_page: https://trash-guides.info/Getting-Started (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:41.188991+00:00, sha ecef629ee8aa)
  - site_page: https://trash-guides.info/Downloaders/Deluge/Installing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:41.190927+00:00, sha d1c2aad86e62)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.