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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, Jellyfin, and even some AI recommendations.

GitHub: https://github.com/aquantumofdonuts/mixarr/releases/tag/latest

Website: https://aquantumofdonuts.github.io/mixarr/

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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[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Was super interested right up until the AI recommendations bit.

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

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

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[–] Buck@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago

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

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

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

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

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

[–] excursion22@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

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

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

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

How does this compare to lidify

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

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

Listenbrainz Explore
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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 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Ok, got it. Yes, this was a funky UI bug. There is now a ListenBrainz preset for Weekly Exploration, which pulls from the user's playlist, and the "type" dropdown is disabled once you select a preset.

Please give it a try, let me know if that fixes the issue you were having. I updated the repo, you can pull and rebuild containers to get the changes.

Thanks!

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

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

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