SonaShow Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy SonaShow hosting and find new TV shows similar to the ones already in your Sonarr library. xCloud runs the pinned SonaShow 0.2.13 image behind a gateway that asks for a generated admin login, mounts a persistent settings volume and publishes the interface over HTTPS in minutes — so your Sonarr, TMDB and TVDB keys are never open to the public.

  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is SonaShow?

SonaShow is an open-source web GUI for discovering TV shows similar to ones you already follow. You pick shows from your Sonarr library, SonaShow asks TMDB for similar titles, and you add the ones you like to Sonarr from the page.

It does not download or store media itself: it is a companion that talks to your Sonarr server and to TMDB, and it keeps its settings in a single JSON file. Adding shows to Sonarr needs a TVDB API key.

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With SonaShow

  • Find new shows from what you already watch

    Select shows in your Sonarr library and get suggestions based on TMDB ratings, votes and genres, each with an overview.

  • Add a pick to Sonarr

    Send a show you chose to Sonarr from the page instead of searching for it by hand (this needs a TVDB API key).

  • Keep the keys behind a login

    Run the interface on your own HTTPS domain with the Sonarr, TMDB and TVDB keys protected by a login instead of an open port.

  • Configure it at install or later

    Enter the Sonarr address and API keys in the install form, or leave them blank and set them in the app's Settings.

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
Sonarr can add shows from lists on its own; SonaShow instead builds suggestions from the shows you choose in your library.
Seerr
A request manager where users ask for media; SonaShow is a single-purpose tool for suggesting shows from your Sonarr library.
TMDB website
Browsing similar shows by hand on themoviedb.org works for one title at a time and does not add anything to Sonarr.

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

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A private show-discovery tool for your Sonarr library.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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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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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Does SonaShow work on its own?

No. It needs a Sonarr server it can reach and a TMDB API key; suggestions stay empty until they are set. A TVDB API key is only needed to add shows to Sonarr.

How do I sign in?

With the HTTP Basic username and the generated password in the protected installation credentials.

Why is there a login gateway?

SonaShow has no accounts of its own and its Settings dialog returns the saved API keys, so xCloud puts authentication in front of the whole site.

What runs alongside SonaShow?

A small Caddy gateway that enforces the login. It is the only published service; the SonaShow container has no host ports and is reachable only on the private network.

Can I put my keys in the environment file instead of Settings?

Yes, but a non-empty Sonarr, TMDB or TVDB value in the Environment editor overrides the same setting in the app on every start, so changes made in the app are lost on restart. Leave it empty to manage it in the app.

Who can see my Sonarr and TMDB keys?

Anyone with the Basic Auth credentials can read and change the saved keys, so share them only with people you trust.

Does the page need internet access in my browser?

Yes. The page loads Bootstrap, Font Awesome and Socket.IO from public CDNs, so the visitor's browser needs access to them.

What should I back up?

The sonashow_config volume, which holds the settings saved in the app (settings_config.json), and the stable environment values.

What survives a restart?

Settings you save in the app survive an xCloud Restart because they live on the sonashow_config volume; in QA, suggestions were still available after a restart.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update SonaShow?

No. The template pins SonaShow 0.2.13 and the Caddy gateway by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 1 GB of disk; measured use in QA was about 70 MiB idle and about 135 MiB after running discovery. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with SonaShow?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the SonaShow project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source SonaShow project.

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.

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