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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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[–] immobile7801@piefed.social 1 points 6 days 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 6 days 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 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 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.

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[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

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

[–] Thrashin_Victim@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How does this compare to lidify

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[–] jabberwockiX@piefed.social 37 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

GitHub link is funky, need to remove the ()

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

Thank you. Link is fixed.

[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Navidrome can scrobble to Listenbrainz which this supports.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Was super interested right up until the AI recommendations bit.

[–] aquantumofdonuts@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week 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 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] 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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[–] excursion22@piefed.ca 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Gexilla@lemmy.zip 2 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 6 days 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.

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

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

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