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Core Services

Core services in DUMB are essential building blocks that handle media automation, storage, metadata processing, and orchestration. These services often rely on dependent services to operate fully and may optionally integrate with additional utilities for enhanced functionality.

What Are Core Services?

Core services are the services that:

  • Drive a major part of the media pipeline (e.g., indexing, downloading, symlinking, organization, hosting, playback, etc. )
  • May require one or more dependent services to function

You can use as many core services simultaneously as you like

Core services can run side-by-side. DUMB will start dependencies in the correct order.

Core Service Index

Service Description Depends On Optional Integrations
CLI Debrid Debrid media scraper, automation engine, and upgrade engine CLI Battery, Phalanx DB, rclone, Zurg Zilean
Decypharr Debrid-native torrent client for use with the arrs (Sonarr/Radarr) to create symlinks to debrid content rclone Zilean, Sonarr, Radarr
NzbDAV WebDAV service for NZB access and Arr download client integration rclone Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Whisparr
Plex Hosts media collected by core services
Jellyfin Media server for hosting and playing content
Emby Media server for hosting and playing content
Seerr Media request and discovery platform Plex, Radarr, Sonarr
Plex Debrid Debrid media scraper and automation engine rclone, Zurg Zilean
Riven Backend Debrid media scraper and automation engine PostgreSQL, rclone, Zurg Zilean, Riven Frontend
Sonarr TV automation and organization Prowlarr, Decypharr, NzbDAV
Radarr Movie automation and organization Prowlarr, Decypharr, NzbDAV
Lidarr Music automation and organization Prowlarr, Decypharr, NzbDAV
Prowlarr Indexer manager for Arrs Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Whisparr
Whisparr Adult content automation and organization Prowlarr, Decypharr, NzbDAV
NeutArr Continuous backlog searches for Arr instances Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Whisparr
Profilarr Profiles and formats manager for Sonarr/Radarr Sonarr, Radarr

Dependency Guidelines

If you enable a core service, be sure to also:

  • Review optional integrations to maximize capabilities
  • Use the onboarding flow in the DUMB Frontend for auto-detection and guided setup

Example Workflows

CLI Debrid

  • Requires: CLI Battery, Phalanx DB, rclone, and Zurg
  • Optionally Uses: Zilean (as a scraper)
  • Outputs: Clean symlinks for Plex/Emby/Jellyfin and/or monitors Plex library for collected media

Decypharr

  • Requires: rclone
  • Optionally Uses: Zilean (as a scraper via the arrs)
  • Outputs: Symlinks automatically managed and organized by the arrs (Sonarr/Radarr)

Plex

  • Requires: Content to already exist in /mnt/debrid
  • Does Not Scrape or collect — serves media fetched by others

Jellyfin

  • Requires: Content to already exist in /mnt/debrid
  • Does Not Scrape or collect — serves media fetched by others

Emby

  • Requires: Content to already exist in /mnt/debrid
  • Does Not Scrape or collect — serves media fetched by others

NzbDAV

  • Requires: rclone
  • Optionally Uses: Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, and Whisparr for NZB client integration
  • Outputs: WebDAV mount at /mnt/debrid/nzbdav plus symlink roots for Arrs

Plex Debrid

  • Requires: rclone, and Zurg
  • Optionally Uses: Zilean (as a scraper)
  • Outputs: Raw files from debrid for Plex/Emby/Jellyfin

Riven Backend

Seerr

  • Requires: Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby for discovery (optional but recommended)
  • Optionally Uses: Sonarr and Radarr for request fulfillment
  • Outputs: Approved requests that flow into Arr queues

NeutArr

  • Requires: Arr instances with use_neutarr: true
  • Optionally Filters: Arr instances by core_service
  • Outputs: Periodic backlog searches for missing or upgrade content

Profilarr

  • Requires: Sonarr and/or Radarr instances with use_profilarr: true
  • Optionally Filters: Arr instances by core_service
  • Outputs: Synced profiles, custom formats, regex patterns, and media management settings

Arrs (Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr/Whisparr)

  • Requires: A download client such as Decypharr or NzbDAV
  • Optionally Uses: Prowlarr to manage and sync indexers
  • Outputs: Organized media libraries and renamed files for your media servers

Tips

  • Use process_name in dumb_config.json to identify each service clearly in logs and the UI
  • Onboarding will automatically add required dependencies for the Core services selected
  • Dependent services will start automatically when their core service is launched