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SonaShow hosting on xCloud lets you deploy SonaShow, a show discovery tool that recommends similar TV shows based on the shows you pick from your Sonarr library, using TMDB, on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned community image behind a Caddy gateway with HTTP Basic Authentication and a generated password, keeps its settings on a persistent volume and publishes it over HTTPS. It needs your existing Sonarr server.

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What is SonaShow?

SonaShow is a show discovery tool that provides recommendations based on selected Sonarr shows, using TMDB. Its web interface finds shows similar to the ones you choose and can add the picks to Sonarr, with a dry-run mode for testing, an option to search for missing episodes and filters for minimum rating, minimum votes and language. A self-hosted SonaShow is a similar-TV-shows finder for Sonarr that you host yourself. The licence is MIT.

On xCloud it is SonaShow 0.2.13, the community image thewicklowwolf/sonashow pinned by digest, behind a digest-pinned Caddy gateway. The sonashow_config volume holds saved settings. It needs an existing Sonarr server this install can reach, a TMDB API key and, to add shows, a TVDB API key. Suggestions stay empty until those are set.

From Sign-Up to Your First Suggestion In Just 3 Easy Steps

A SonaShow stack normally means an app container, an authentication layer, a settings volume, a domain and a certificate before the first suggestion. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick SonaShow from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then set the admin username (default admin) — the password is generated for you. The Sonarr address and TMDB, TVDB and Sonarr keys are optional here.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We run the community SonaShow image, pinned by immutable digest and kept private to the stack, behind a digest-pinned Caddy gateway that enforces the HTTP Basic login. The sonashow_config volume holds your settings, and the gateway is published over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Connect Sonarr And Start Discovery
Save the generated password from the protected installation credentials, open your HTTPS SonaShow URL and sign in. If you skipped the install form, open Settings and enter your Sonarr and TMDB details, then get your Sonarr shows, select them and start discovery.

Everything SonaShow Does, On Your Own Server

SonaShow runs in full here: TV show suggestions built from your Sonarr library, on your own domain, behind a login.

Suggestions From Your Library
Pick shows from your Sonarr library and SonaShow suggests similar ones using TMDB ratings, votes and genres.
Rating, Votes, Genres And Overview
Each suggestion shows its rating, vote count, genres and an overview, so you can judge it before adding anything.
Add Picks To Sonarr
Add the shows you choose to Sonarr from the page; this needs a TVDB API key.
Settings In The Install Form Or The App
Sonarr, TMDB and TVDB values can be set at install or later in the app, and settings you save in the app are kept on the persistent sonashow_config volume.
Login In Front Of The Whole UI
A gateway enforces HTTP Basic Authentication on the whole site, including the live Socket.IO channel, with the admin username you choose and a generated password; unauthenticated and wrong-password requests were refused in QA.
Small Footprint
Measured use in QA was about 70 MiB idle and about 135 MiB after running discovery, so it fits easily beside the rest of your media stack.

Everything You Need To Run Your Show Discovery 24/7

Managed hosting for SonaShow, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

SonaShow 0.2.13 deployed instantly
Community image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
HTTP Basic login in front of the UI
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With SonaShow

Find shows like the ones you already watch
Pick shows from your Sonarr library and see similar titles from TMDB, so your next series comes from your own taste rather than a generic chart.
Add a recommendation straight to Sonarr
Add a suggested show to Sonarr from the same page, so a discovery turns into a monitored series without searching for it again.
Preview before changing your library
Use dry-run mode to see what would be added to Sonarr, so you can check the picks first, especially with a large library.
Filter out low-rated suggestions
Set a minimum rating, a minimum number of votes and a language, so the list shows shows worth considering and skips obscure ones.

SonaShow Screenshots

SonaShow listing the shows loaded from a Sonarr library

SonaShow showing similar-show suggestions with rating, votes and genres

SonaShow suggestions still available after an xCloud Restart

SonaShow vs Alternatives

Sonarr import lists: SonaShow works alongside Sonarr rather than inside it: it builds suggestions from the shows you choose in your Sonarr library, using TMDB similarity, and adds the picks you approve.
Seerr: Seerr has its own OneClick page. In a SonaShow vs Seerr comparison, SonaShow is a single-purpose tool: it suggests shows similar to the ones you pick from your Sonarr library and can add them to Sonarr.
TMDB website: Browsing similar shows by hand on themoviedb.org works one title at a time and adds nothing to Sonarr. SonaShow uses TMDB's data and can add your picks to Sonarr.
Sonobarr: Sonobarr has its own OneClick page. SonaShow is built for TV: it suggests shows similar to the ones in your Sonarr library and has a dry-run mode before it adds anything.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for SonaShow hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if SonaShow sits alongside the rest of your media tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. SonaShow itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Ready To Run Your Own Show Discovery Tool?

SonaShow on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How much RAM does SonaShow need?

The template floor is 256 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 1 GB of disk, because it is a small Python app with a Caddy gateway. The 6 GB plan is far above it and leaves room for other apps on the server.

Can you self-host SonaShow with Docker?

Yes, and this template is sonashow docker hosting without the setup: the community image and a Caddy gateway pinned by digest, the sonashow_config volume, a generated password for HTTP Basic Authentication and HTTPS on your own domain.

What API keys does SonaShow need?

A TMDB API key to find similar shows, and a TVDB API key to add shows to Sonarr, plus your Sonarr API key from Settings, General. Enter them in the install form or later under Settings; suggestions stay empty until set.

Does SonaShow need an existing Sonarr server?

Yes. SonaShow reads your shows from Sonarr and adds picks to it, so it needs a Sonarr address and API key for a server this install can reach. It does not install Sonarr, indexers or a download client.

Is the SonaShow interface password protected?

Yes. SonaShow has no accounts, and its Settings dialog shows API keys in plain text, so the template puts HTTP Basic Authentication in front of the whole site. Share the credentials only with people you trust.

Is SonaShow an alternative to browsing similar shows on TMDB?

It builds on TMDB: upstream uses its data to recommend shows similar to your Sonarr picks, and can add them to Sonarr. Browsing the website by hand covers one title at a time and adds nothing to your library.

Is SonaShow free?

Yes. SonaShow is MIT licensed, so the tool itself is free. Only the Cloud VPS is billed, giving you a SonaShow cloud install of your own. TMDB offers a free API key for the recommendations.

How do I back up SonaShow?

Back up the sonashow_config volume, which holds the settings saved in the app, including your Sonarr address and API keys. Keep it private, since the keys sit in it. The suggestions themselves are regenerated from TMDB.

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How do I upgrade SonaShow?

SonaShow stays on its pinned 0.2.13 image until a newer template version is adopted. Copy sonashow_config beforehand and check the release notes. Upgrades never run by themselves.

Why are my SonaShow settings reset after a restart?

Any Sonarr, TMDB or TVDB value set in the Environment editor overrides the same setting in the app at every start, so a change made in Settings is lost. Leave a key empty there to manage it in the app.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.