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What we found when we opened it. Every bar is one fact, with its date.
Last code pushed 2 Oct 2026, 25 days before this check.
Latest release 0.4.1 on 14 Aug 2026.
Public since January 2019, a little over 7 years.
2,538 stars and 123 forks.
2 commits and 10 new issues in the last 90 days.
26 contributors. 2 pull requests merged in 90 days.
No security policy file says how to report a problem. No published security advisories.
How the bars are scored
- Alive. Days since the last code push: a week or less 100, a month 90, three months 70, six months 50, a year 30, eighteen months 15, older 0.
- Releases. Age of the latest GitHub release, on a similar scale; no bar when the project publishes no releases.
- Maturity. Age of the project: eight years 100, five 90, three 70, two 55, one 40, six months 25, younger 10.
- Adoption. Stars on a log scale: 100,000 stars is 100, 10,000 is 80, 1,000 is 60, 100 is 40.
- Activity. Commits in the last 90 days: 300 or more 100, 100 85, 30 65, 10 45, any 25.
- Community. People who have contributed: 100 or more 100, 30 80, 10 60, 5 40, 2 25, one 10.
- Security. A published security policy 80, none 40; published advisories are listed, not scored.
Checked by Repo Radar on 28 Oct 2026 from the repository on GitHub.
In simple English
This tool cleans up and organizes your video and audio collections. It watches your folders for new files and changes them to match your preferred format. You can also use it to remove commercials or compress old recordings to save disk space. It runs on your own server and gives you a web page to watch the progress. It is free to use and open source.
What it is
Unmanic is a self-hosted library optimizer that scans media folders and runs processing tasks in a queue. It uses plugins and custom commands to transcode videos, rename files, and move data around automatically.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want to automatically convert downloaded videos into a single format or compress large media collections without manual work.
Summary (Key Points)from the README
Key features
- Library scheduler: Scans your whole library for files that don't match your configured file presets, then queues the ones needing processing.
- File and directory monitor: Re-tests files when they are modified or added and queues any that need processing.
- Parallel task handler: Runs multiple file manipulation tasks at a time.
- Web UI: Configure, manage and monitor library optimisation from a browser at http://localhost:8888/.
- Format conversion: Transcodes video or audio into a uniform format using FFmpeg.
- Timestamp-based file moves: Moves files from one location to another after a configured period.
- Custom commands: Runs any custom command against files matching an extension or above a configured file size.
- Commercial removal: Can identify, and optionally remove, commercials in DVR recordings shortly after recording completes.
- Plugins: Includes an installed-plugins view, and the README shows a FileBot rename run on files as they are added.
Ways to install
| Platform or method | What it needs | Effort |
|---|---|---|
| Official Unmanic documentation (docs.unmanic.app) | Not detailed in the README; follow the linked documentation | Not stated in the README |
| Run from source | Python 3.x, pip requirements from requirements.txt, git with submodules | Several commands: check out submodules, run `setup.py install --user`, then run `unmanic` |
Important
- Python required: Running from source needs Python 3.x and the packages listed in requirements.txt.
- Command dependencies: Any command you configure needs its own tools installed on your system, as the README notes.
- Web UI port: The web interface is at http://localhost:8888/ after the source install.
- Licensing wording: The README says GPL version 3, but the license section also includes a "Copyright (C) Josh Sunnex - All Rights Reserved" line and an MIT-style permission grant, so the terms are worth reading in full.
- Third-party libraries: Bundled libraries come from external authors and carry their own licenses.
Written by an AI model from the project’s README; not part of the review, and it can be wrong.
- Watches folders for new files and processes them right away.
- Comes with a web dashboard to monitor active tasks and view file metrics.
- Supports plugins for custom file renaming and commercial removal.
- Requires Docker or Python setup on a server that stays turned on.
- Transcoding video files needs significant CPU power or a hardware graphics card.
- GPL-3.0 licence requires you to share modifications if you distribute the code.
HandBrake manual queueing
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docker run -d \ --name=unmanic \ -p 8888:8888 \ -v /path/to/your/media:/media \ -v /path/to/unmanic/config:/config \ josh5/unmanic