Overview

Pulsarr: Real-time Plex watchlist monitoring and content acquisition tool. Seamlessly sync Plex watchlists with Sonarr and Radarr, featuring intelligent predicated content routing, multi-instance support, Discord, and Apprise notifications. Automate your media library management with a modern, user-friendly interface. Documentation for Pulsarr Pulsarr Real-time Plex watchlist monitoring, routing, and notification center The project has 616 GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

Real-time Monitoring: Instant watchlist updates for Plex Pass users (5-minute staggered polling for non-Pass users)
Smart Content Routing: Build rules with AND/OR logic using genre, user, language, year, certification, season, IMDb/RT/TMDB ratings, or streaming service. Rules can require approval or bypass quotas
Approval & Quota System: Administrative approval workflows with configurable user quotas (daily/weekly/monthly limits)
Plex Label Sync: Automatically sync user watchlists and Radarr/Sonarr tags as Plex labels with real-time webhook updates
Multi-Instance Support: Distribute content across multiple Sonarr/Radarr instances
Multi-User Support: Monitor watchlists for friends and family with granular permissions
Discord Bot Integration: Complete approval management directly from Discord with interactive commands
Flexible Notifications: Discord bot, Plex mobile push, webhooks, and 80+ services via Apprise
Advanced Lifecycle Management: Watchlist-based or tag-based deletion with playlist protection
Plex Session Monitoring: Auto-search for next seasons when users near season finales

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

Create a .env file:


## Normalized Features

*Source: tool-features-normalized.json*

docker, docker compose, postgresql, rest api, sqlite, webhooks.

<DeploymentOptions slug={frontmatter.slug} />

Features

Integrations & APIs

REST API
Webhooks

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