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Mixarr – a music discovery companion for Lidarr/Plex (lemmy.world)
submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hey everyone,

I'm new here! I wanted to share a music search and discovery tool for Lidarr. It plugs into Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Plex/Tautulli and even some AI recommendations.

GitHub: [https://github.com/aquantumofdonuts/mixarr/releases/tag/v1.0.0]

What it does:

  • Connects to Lidarr and analyzes your existing artists
  • Hooks into Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Plex/Tautulli, and AI services
  • Finds related/similar artists, new releases, charts, labels, playlists, etc.
  • Gives you a review queue to approve or dismiss discovered artists
  • Automatically adds approved artists to Lidarr with the profile you choose
  • Has a universal search and discovery interface across all services
  • Runs as a web app (Next.js frontend + Express backend) and plays nice with Docker

Why I built it:

I wanted one tool that I could point at my Lidarr library and get a steady stream of relevant artist recommendations.

Basically, make music discovery feel as automated and “infrastructure-y” as the rest of the *arr ecosystem.

Current status:

  • Working with Lidarr + Spotify/TIDAL/Deezer/Last.fm/MusicBrainz + Plex/Tautulli
  • Has subscriptions for different discovery sources (charts, playlists, related & followed artists, etc.)
  • Docker-compose setup available, plus local dev if you prefer
  • Early but usable; I’m actively using it myself and iterating

If you try it, I’d love to hear any feedback! Thanks!

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[–] Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 points 59 minutes ago

Nice. Couple of things:

  • The link in your post is broken 😉
  • Consider doing with Jellyfin anything you've done with Plex. Plex is on it's way out, especially with Fediverse users.
[–] immobile7801@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Just spun it a up earlier today, looks great! I'm wondering if maybe I'm misunderstanding how listenbrainz subs work. The explore subscription doesn't pull in my users "weekly exploration" playlist, it's totally unrelated songs it's pulling. Although it does appear to pull in accurate listenbrainz artist recommendations

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Sorry, which subscription specifically were you using? I'll try to reproduce the behavior you're seeing. Might be an easy fix.

[–] immobile7801@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Listenbrainz Explore
image
I just noticed there is an explore tab on listenbrainz, is that what this is supposed to pull from? I was thinking it was supposed to pull from the weekly exploration playlist listenbrainz creates.

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Interesting, that could be a bug. I'll check it out. Thanks!

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Omg you are a saint. I was missing a tool like this. Will check it out ASAP.

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Awesome, thank you. Hope you like it.

[–] priapus@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Do you know if it will work with SQLite? I'd like to try it but I hate spinning up more postgres instances

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Hi, it might but I haven't explored that. I'll look into it. Would you want to roll your own SQLite, or just have that containerized instead of postgres?

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

First off thank you so much this is exactly what I've been waiting for.

I looked at the compose file and it doesnt seem to have the base image in there, just the DB and web setup.

I'm not super experienced with docker but would love to deploy this through my dockstarter setup - am I missing something here, is there a way to get it up and running through compose now?

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It should work with just docker compose up using the default docker-compose.yml. web and API containers comprise the app, and caddy serves the frontend. Give it a try, let me know if you get stuck!

[–] immobile7801@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

You currently have to build the docker images. Instructions are in the repo

[–] Thrashin_Victim@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How does this compare to lidify

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

The Discover feature is pretty much identical to what Lidify does. The distinguishing feature is the Subscriptions though. Like automated Lidify.

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Does it work with SoundCloud? I wanted to self host my library

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Not currently, sorry. But I will look into adding that integration in the future

[–] jabberwockiX@piefed.social 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This sounds great. I will have to check it out when I'm back home. I have been missing a music discovery tool as I am trying to avoid using any of the corporate overlord algorithm machines.

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Awesome! I hope you like it. I've successfully converted my household from Spotify to Plexamp using this. Setup a few subscriptions, let the new artists and recommendations roll in, and you have a constant stream of new music.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

~~Man, that would absolutely rock if it integrated with Navidrome.~~

Navidrome can scrobble to Listenbrainz which this supports.

[–] Buck@jlai.lu 1 points 6 hours ago

Well I can’t judge yet, but I’ve installed it, and I’ll try it out tomorrow!

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 13 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

GitHub link is funky, need to remove the ()

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Thank you. Link is fixed.

[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Is it possible to set this up with navidrome instead of lidarr?

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Navidrome can scrobble to Listenbrainz which this supports.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Was super interested right up until the AI recommendations bit.

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago

I completely understand. Just one minor feature though, and it's entirely optional. The real meat is in the "subscriptions", which rely on more steadfast services like Last.fm and Spotify.

[–] JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You might not like it, but AI can totally give you a recommendation of similar bands.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

I can tell there are at least 5 people who didn't like your suggestion. LMAO. But indeed, AI can do this and do it well. I put a few songs in and tell it to recommend similar Indie musicians. Works like a charm.

[–] ShouldIHaveFun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm OK with it as long as it's not an LLM recommendation

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Nope, LLM is not a requirement at all and is disabled by default.

[–] excursion22@piefed.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Looks cool. Any chance you'll add Qobuz to the integration list in the future?

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Thanks! I will look into it. But as noted elsewhere, Qobuz is already indirectly supported via Last.fm or ListenBrainz scrobbling.

[–] Gexilla@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I have yet to try OP’s tool, but I already have Qobuz connected to Last.fm and subsequently ListenBrainz if that is any use?

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Yes, that's a perfect setup. You can point Mixarr at ListenBrainz or Last.fm and get recommendations, playlists, etc. based on your Qobuz scribbling.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 1 points 13 hours ago

I think your URL to the github is a hyperlink back to this post...