Introduction
Run highsea on your own machine or NAS, bring your library across, and use every part of it.
highsea is one self-hosted server that finds, downloads and organises your films, with their subtitles. It takes the place of Radarr, Prowlarr, qBittorrent and Bazarr, and runs as a single Docker container.
These guides are for the person who runs the server. They were written against highsea 0.1.0.
Install
Installation compares the ways to run highsea, and Prerequisites lists what it needs: a 64-bit machine with Docker, room for your films, a few ports and a free TMDB account. Then pick the guide for where highsea will run. Each one ends at the setup screen, which takes about five minutes.
Docker on Linux, macOS or Windows
Docker Compose on any machine. The other guides build on this one.
Unraid
A template for the Docker page, with Unraid's shares.
Synology
A Container Manager project on DSM 7.2 or later.
TrueNAS
A custom app from YAML on TrueNAS 25.04 or later.
After installing
Recommended setup
Folders, indexers, quality, subtitles, a VPN, remote access and backups.
Move from Radarr and qBittorrent
Bring your films, profiles and torrents across in one go.
Upgrade
Move to a new release when you're ready, with a backup made for you.
Using highsea
A guide for each page of the admin: what it's for, and how to do the everyday things on it.
Discover and Movies
Find films, add them, and look after your library.
Wanted
What's missing or due an upgrade, the calendar, and how highsea finds releases.
Activity
The queue, history, the blocklist and importing by hand.
Indexers
Where highsea searches, and why it takes or turns down a release.
Subtitles
Providers, languages, and subtitles synced to the film's speech.
System
Health checks and what to do about them, tasks, logs and updates.
The sidebar has the rest: the Dashboard, Collections, Downloads and Curation.
Settings
Each area of Settings has its own guide: General, Media management, Quality and profiles, Download client, VPN, Network and remote access, Import lists, Notifications, Users and security, Backups and Appearance.