The Lidarr wiki got a major overhaul - come test it and tell me what's still missing
Over the past few weeks I've been doing a significant cleanup of the Lidarr wiki. The short version: the FAQ had become a dumping ground, half the settings page was blank, and several of the most common questions people ask here had no good page to link to. That's mostly fixed now.
What changed:
The FAQ was rebuilt from scratch based on what people actually ask — the old version had 41 entries, many of which were outdated or answered questions nobody was asking. It's now about 20 focused entries with better answers and links out to deeper pages instead of trying to cram everything into one place.
Two new troubleshooting pages were added that didn't exist before:
- Import Troubleshooting — covers why a finished download doesn't auto-import, how the match-quality scoring works, when manual import is the right path, and how import list items get resolved. This is probably the most common class of question here.
- Metadata Troubleshooting — covers missing or wrong albums, the MusicBrainz refresh cycle, how to bust the metadata cache, Various Artists edge cases, and how to actually get a missing release into MusicBrainz so Lidarr can see it.
The Settings page went from partially written to full coverage — every section, including Media Management, all the profile types, Indexers, Download Clients, Connect, General, and the rest.
Custom Scripts was rewritten with real working examples (event logger, Discord webhook, Plex library refresh, health alert) and a corrected variable reference — the old page had wrong casing on several variables, which broke scripts silently on Linux.
Tips and Tricks now has a Custom Formats section with working JSON definitions and scoring recommendations for a FLAC-focused library, plus folder structure guidance.
There's also a new Beets Integration page for people running beets alongside Lidarr.
Where you come in:
The goal is for the wiki to be good enough that when someone asks a question here, there's always a link worth sending. I'm not there yet — I know there are gaps.
If you ask a question and the wiki doesn't answer it (or answers it badly), please say so in this thread. That's the most useful feedback. If you search the wiki and can't find something you'd expect to be there, same deal.
Things I know are still incomplete: the PostgreSQL setup page needs a rewrite, the Contributing guide is outdated, and the Settings page is still missing Quality Profiles and a few other sections. Those are in progress.
The wiki is at wiki.servarr.com/lidarr.