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Download Clients

Go to Settings > Clients to setup clients. Clients can be local or remote, as long as ports are open and auth available.

These are the available download clients.

  • qBittorrent
  • Deluge (v1+ and v2+)
  • rTorrent / ruTorrent
  • Transmission
  • Porla
  • Sabnzbd (Usenet)
  • Radarr
  • Sonarr
  • Lidarr
  • Readarr
  • Whisparr

All clients have a test function to try out the connection details before saving.

Don't forget to give the client a name!

Configure Download Clients​

qBittorrent​

You can run autobrr and qBittorrent on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server
  • Docker / container

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and qBittorrent on the same server then this should work. Check qBittorrent settings to get the WEBUI_PORT.

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1:WEBUI_PORT
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and qBittorrent are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: https://myserver.brr/qbittorrent
  • TLS: enabled
  • Skip TLS verification: disabled (try this first)
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Some setups like Swizzin requires to also use Basic Auth when connecting to it from a remote server.

  • Basic Auth: enabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Docker​

With Docker / containers make sure autobrr and qBittorrent share the same network to be able to use the container_name as address.

  • Host: http://qbittorrent:WEBUI_PORT
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

qBittorrent rules​

You can define some basic rules which can improve your performance for racing etc.

  • Enabled: Disabled by default.
  • Max active downloads: Default 0 (unlimited). Limit the amount of active downloads, to give the maximum amount of bandwidth and disk for the downloads.
  • Ignore slow torrents: Disabled by default.
  • Download speed threshold: If max active downloads is hit, but download speed is below this limit, download anyway. Unit in KB/s.

Deluge​

You can run autobrr and Deluge on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server
  • Docker / container

Deluge is split into two versions:

  • Deluge which is v1 like 1.3.15
  • Deluge 2 which is v2 like 2.0.0+

Select TYPE then set these.

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and Deluge on the same server then this should work. Check Deluge settings to get the DAEMON_PORT.

  • Host: 127.0.0.1
  • Port: DAEMON_PORT
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and Deluge are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: myserver.brr
  • Port: DAEMON_PORT
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Some setups like Swizzin requires to also use Basic Auth when connecting to it from a remote server.

  • Basic Auth: enabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Docker​

With Docker / containers make sure autobrr and Deluge share the same network to be able to use the container_name as address.

  • Host: deluge
  • Port: DAEMON_PORT
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Deluge rules​

You can define some basic rules which can improve your performance for racing etc.

  • Enabled: Disabled by default.
  • Max active downloads: Default 0 (unlimited). Limit the amount of active downloads, to give the maximum amount of bandwidth and disk for the downloads.

rTorrent / ruTorrent​

You can run autobrr and rTorrent / ruTorrent on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server
  • Docker / container

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and ruTorrent on the same server try these.

Here are a couple of common ways for how to access ruTorrent.

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php

  • Host: http://localhost/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php

  • Host: http://localhost/RPC2

  • TLS: disabled

  • Basic Auth: enabled

  • Username: <username>

  • Password: <password>

If you are on a shared seedbox you might need your username in the url like:

  • Host: http://localhost/USERNAME/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php

Swizzin​

  • Host: https://127.0.0.1/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
  • TLS: enabled
  • Skip TLS verification: enabled
  • Basic Auth: enabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and rTorrent are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: http://EXTERNAL_IP/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
  • Host: http://mydomain.com/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
  • TLS: disabled
  • Basic Auth: enabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Docker​

With Docker / containers make sure autobrr and rTorrent share the same network to be able to use the container_name as address.

  • Host: http://rtorrent/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
  • TLS: disabled
  • Basic Auth: enabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Transmission​

You can run autobrr and Transmission on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server
  • Docker / container

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and Transmission on the same server then this should work. Check Transmission settings to get the WEBUI_PORT. Default is 9091.

  • Host: 127.0.0.1
  • Port: 9091
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and Transmission are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: myserver.brr or IP
  • Port: 9091
  • TLS: enabled
  • Skip TLS verification: disabled (try this first)
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

HTTPS / TLS

  • Host: myserver.brr/transmission or IP
  • Port: 443
  • TLS: enabled
  • Skip TLS verification: disabled (try this first)
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Docker​

With Docker / containers make sure autobrr and Transmission share the same network to be able to use the container_name as address.

  • Host: transmission
  • Port: 9091
  • TLS: disabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Sabnzbd​

You can run autobrr and Sabnzbd on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and Sabnzbd on the same server then this should work. Check Sabnzbd settings to get the SABNZBD_PORT.

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1:SABNZBD_PORT
  • TLS: disabled
  • API key

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and qBittorrent are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: https://myserver.brr/sabnzbd
  • TLS: enabled
  • API key

Some setups like Swizzin requires to also use Basic Auth when connecting to it from a remote server.

  • Basic Auth: enabled
  • Username: <username>
  • Password: <password>

Sonarr​

You can run autobrr and Sonarr apps on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server
  • Docker / container
tip

You can optionally override what download client your *arr instance will use. This is useful if it has multiple download clients set up, and you want to override its default.

It can also be overridden per Filter Action.

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and Sonarr on the same server then this should work.

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1:8989
  • API Key: API KEY

On Swizzin or if you are running Sonarr with a baseUrl set that in the url as well like:

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1:8989/sonarr

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and Sonarr are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: http://mydomain.com:8989 or https://mydomain.com/sonarr
  • API Key: API KEY

On Swizzin or if you are running Sonarr with a baseUrl set that in the url as well like:

  • Host: https://mydomain.com/sonarr

Docker​

With Docker / containers make sure autobrr and Sonarr share the same network to be able to use the container_name as address.

  • Host: http://sonarr:8989
  • API Key: API KEY

Radarr​

You can run autobrr and Radarr apps on the following setups.

  • Local server
  • Remote server
  • Docker / container
tip

You can optionally override what download client your *arr instance will use. This is useful if it has multiple download clients set up, and you want to override its default.

It can also be overridden per Filter Action.

Local​

For a local client, meaning autobrr and Radarr on the same server then this should work.

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1:7878
  • API Key: API KEY

On Swizzin or if you are running Radarr with a baseUrl set that in the url as well like:

  • Host: http://127.0.0.1:7878/radarr

Remote​

For a remote client, meaning autobrr and Radarr are not on the same server then things might be a bit different.

  • Host: http://mydomain.com:7878 or https://mydomain.com/radarr
  • API Key: API KEY

On Swizzin or if you are running Radarr with a baseUrl set that in the url as well like:

  • Host: https://mydomain.com/radarr

Docker​

With Docker / containers make sure autobrr and Radarr share the same network to be able to use the container_name as address.

  • Host: http://radarr:7878
  • API Key: API KEY

Lidarr​

See Radarr and Sonarr but port 8686.

Whisparr​

See Radarr and Sonarr but port 6969.