Lidarr-extended

Lidarr is a popular music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It automates downloading, organizing, tagging, and upgrading your music library.

Lidarr Extended (often called Lidarr-Extended or Lidarr-Plus) is not an official fork but refers to a set of community scripts, custom formats, and third-party tools that extend Lidarr’s capabilities — especially for handling live albums, remixes, demos, bootlegs, and non-standard releases that Lidarr typically struggles with. lidarr-extended

As of late 2025, the official Lidarr repository has not seen a major feature release in over 18 months. The community has largely rallied behind the Extended fork. The roadmap for Q4 2025 includes: Lidarr is a popular music collection manager for

| Stock Lidarr Problem | Lidarr Extended Solution | |----------------------|---------------------------| | Only matches standard studio albums | Handles live albums, EPs, singles, compilations | | Strict MusicBrainz matching | Relaxed matching rules with manual overrides | | Poor handling of multiple artists/featuring | Custom tagging and release grouping | | No support for “Various Artists” compilations well | Scripts to properly tag and organize compilations | | Limited release filtering | Extended custom formats (e.g., [Live], [Remastered], [Deluxe]) | As of late 2025, the official Lidarr repository

Standard Lidarr relies on the "Release Group" type in MusicBrainz. If a release is marked as "Single," "EP," or "Broadcast," Lidarr often ignores it unless you tweak complex profiles. Lidarr-Extended treats every release type equally. If a song exists on MusicBrainz, Lidarr-Extended can find it.

Lidarr-Extended integrates a more powerful renaming engine. You can now create folders based on:

For example, a power user can structure their library like: Music/Artist Name/Singles/2025 - Song Title (FLAC)/