Scryer vs. Profilarr
Profilarr keeps Radarr and Sonarr custom formats and quality profiles in sync with a curated, git-backed database. It solves a real problem: maintaining dozens of custom formats by hand is error-prone. Scryer removes the problem instead of automating it.
Side By Side
Section titled “Side By Side”| Profilarr | Scryer | |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Separate app pushing to each *arr | Nothing extra |
| Source of truth | Community database, pulled over git | TRaSH Guides data compiled into each Scryer release |
| Unit of preference | Custom formats, each with a per-profile score | A scoring persona applied to release-group tiers, sources, codecs, HDR, and size |
| Local exceptions | Edit or fork the synced formats | Scoring overrides on the profile, plus Rego custom rules |
| Bundles | Profile bundles per use case | Balanced, Audiophile, Efficient, and Compatible personas; rule packs as plugins |
| Updates | Profilarr sync run | Upgrade Scryer |
What Changes In Practice
Section titled “What Changes In Practice”Pick a persona, not a stack of formats. A persona sets roughly fifty weights at once. Most libraries are done after choosing one per facet or per library.
Overrides instead of forks. Want lossless audio without the rest of Audiophile, or to block Dolby Vision without a fallback layer? Those are switches on the quality profile, not edited formats that drift from upstream.
Rules where formats run out. Anything a custom format cannot express, such as combining several conditions with real boolean logic or reading anime-specific fields, is a short Rego rule. Custom Rules Vs Custom Formats ports the common ones.
Updates ride along with releases. There is no sync action to schedule or break. The trade-off is that a TRaSH change reaches you at your next Scryer upgrade rather than on Profilarr’s cadence.
What Profilarr Still Does That Scryer Does Not
Section titled “What Profilarr Still Does That Scryer Does Not”- Profilarr manages formats for Radarr and Sonarr instances you keep running.
- Profilarr exposes the individual upstream rules for editing. Scryer’s bundled data is not editable; use overrides and rules for exceptions.
Related
Section titled “Related”- Quality Profiles and Custom Rules explain profiles, personas, overrides, and rules.
- TRaSH Guides And Scoring Personas shows the numbers.