Medusa

Automatic Video library manager for TV Shows. It watches for new episodes of your favorite shows, and when they are posted it does its magic.

Actively maintained

At a glance

GitHub stars
2k
Last activity
2026-10-18
Latest release
v1.0.27
2026-10-18
Commits (12 mo)
54
License
GPL-3.0
Language / platform
Python

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months.

Run Medusa yourself

  • RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
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