Tdarr Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Tdarr on xCloud and get Tdarr hosting to automate transcoding and health checks for your media library from the browser. xCloud runs the pinned official image as one container with its built-in transcode node, generates the admin password, mounts persistent volumes for server data, configs, logs, transcode cache and media, and publishes the web interface over HTTPS in minutes.

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What is Tdarr?

Tdarr is a distributed transcoding and library health tool, described upstream as a cross-platform, conditional transcoding application for automating media library transcode and remux management. A self-hosted Tdarr scans a library, applies plugin-based rules and converts video and audio with FFmpeg or HandBrake, with video health checking, and upstream says it is designed to work alongside Sonarr and Radarr. It is proprietary software under the Tdarr EULA, free for personal use, not open source.

On xCloud the install runs Tdarr 3.00.00 from the official image, pinned by digest, as one container with its embedded database and one internal transcode node. Five volumes hold server data, configs, logs, the transcode cache and your media. xCloud generates the admin password, which also seeds the node's API key. There is no GPU transcoding and no external nodes, and business use needs a paid subscription.

From Sign-Up to a Running Tdarr Server In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Tdarr server normally means a container, a built-in node, an API key, five volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first library scan. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Tdarr from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official Tdarr image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with its internal transcode node, mount the tdarr_server, tdarr_configs, tdarr_logs, tdarr_temp and tdarr_media volumes, generate the admin password and publish the web interface over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Add Your Library
Open your HTTPS Tdarr URL and sign in as admin with the generated password. Copy media to the media library path shown in the credentials, give the Tdarr user ownership, then add a library with the source folder /media.

Everything Tdarr Does, On Your Own Server

Tdarr runs here with its built-in node: scan a library, apply rules and watch the queue, all from the browser on your own domain.

Library Scanning
Add a library, point it at the /media folder and Tdarr scans the files so you can see what is in it.
FFmpeg And HandBrake Conversion
Convert video and audio with FFmpeg or HandBrake, driven by the rules you choose.
Plugin-Based Rules
Rules come from plugins you add and manage in the web interface, so the same library can be handled by different workflows.
Built-In Transcode Node
One internal node runs alongside the server, so transcoding works from the first start without extra machines.
Sign-In From The First Start
The admin account is created from a generated key, and unauthenticated or wrong-key API calls were rejected in testing.
Persistent Libraries And Settings
A library and its scanned-file record survived a container restart in testing, because the database and configs live on named volumes.

Everything You Need To Run Your Transcoding Server 24/7

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

Tdarr 3.00.00 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Tdarr

Convert a library to the formats you want
Scan a library and apply rules so video and audio end up in the formats you want, without converting files by hand one at a time.
Move transcoding off your desktop
Run the conversion queue on a server you control and manage it from any browser.
Find files that scan badly
Use Tdarr's library health checks to find files that do not scan cleanly before they cause trouble in your media server.
Adjust rules as needs change
Add or change plugins in the browser to alter how a library is processed, with separate settings per library.

Tdarr vs Alternatives

Hand-run transcoding scripts: Scripts around FFmpeg or HandBrake convert what you point them at. Tdarr wraps them in libraries, plugin rules, health checks and a queue managed from a web interface.
Unmanic: In a Tdarr vs Unmanic comparison, Unmanic has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes a library optimiser that scans folders and converts files with ffmpeg, driven by plugins you choose.
HandBrake: HandBrake is a transcoder you run on a file or batch yourself. Tdarr can use HandBrake as one of its conversion engines and adds library scanning and a queue.
Sonarr: Sonarr has its own OneClick page. It manages TV series libraries, and upstream says Tdarr is designed to work alongside Sonarr and Radarr by processing the files they bring in.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Tdarr sits alongside a media server and large libraries.

$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. Tdarr itself is proprietary software under the Tdarr EULA, free for personal use; business use needs a paid Tdarr subscription.

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Tdarr 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.
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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.

Can you self-host Tdarr with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Tdarr Docker hosting without the setup. Upstream is a click-to-run web app with a server and nodes; here xCloud runs the pinned ghcr.io 3.00.00 image as one container with its built-in node, five volumes and HTTPS on your domain.

How much RAM does Tdarr need?

The template asks for 2 CPU cores, 512 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk plus space for your media and the transcode cache. Measured idle use in QA was about 115 MiB, but transcoding uses much more, so the 6 GB plan is the entry rung.

How do I sign in to Tdarr?

Use the username admin and the generated password shown in the protected installation credentials. Keep it private: it grants access to every file in the media library and can rewrite or delete them. The sign-in page is public, so it is the only protection.

How do I add my media to Tdarr?

Tdarr has no upload page. Copy files to the media library path shown in the credentials, for example with SFTP or rsync, give the Tdarr user ownership with chown, then add a library in Tdarr with the source folder /media.

Does Tdarr transcode on a GPU in this template?

No. This template does not enable GPU transcoding, although upstream supports GPU workers. Transcoding runs on the server CPU and uses most of it while a queue is processing, so schedule heavy libraries for quiet hours.

Can I add more Tdarr nodes on other machines?

Not with this template. Tdarr's server port 8266 for external nodes is not published, and only the built-in node is supported. Upstream's multi-device design is available only if you run Tdarr yourself with the port open.

Will Tdarr change my original files?

Transcoding replaces library files with converted ones by default, so test rules on a copy before pointing them at your only copy of a library. Keep a separate backup of any media you cannot replace.

What should I back up on a Tdarr server?

Back up the named volumes tdarr_server for the database, samples and plugins, tdarr_configs and tdarr_media, plus the stable values in the site environment. The tdarr_temp volume is only a transcode cache and can be discarded.

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How do I upgrade Tdarr?

Tdarr 3.00.00 stays pinned until you adopt a newer template version, and the image tag is not a GitHub release tag. Back up tdarr_server first and read the upstream notes. Existing sites are not upgraded automatically.

Is Tdarr free to use?

Tdarr is free for personal use, while business use requires a paid Tdarr subscription at tdarr.io. It is proprietary software under the Tdarr EULA, not open source. You also pay for the dedicated Cloud VPS that does the transcoding.

Is there a Tdarr cloud service?

Not through this page. Your Tdarr server runs on a Cloud VPS that xCloud prepares, with the library, queue and settings on volumes you own, behind an admin sign-in.

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.