---
title: Shadow Grimoire
description: Acquisition stack — the goblin hacker sails the high seas
published: true
date: 2026-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
tags: shadow, acquisition, arr
editor: markdown
dateCreated: 2026-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
---

# Shadow Grimoire

![shadow-badge](/images/shadow-badge.png)

The Shadow Grimoire is the acquisition and media management infrastructure. Usenet + torrents, protected behind `*.wasted-bandwidth.net` and Authelia. Homepage tab: **Wasted-Bandwidth**.

The goblin hacker doesn't ask permission.

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## Services by Group

### Jolly Roger — Indexers

| Service | URL | Purpose |
|---------|-----|---------|
| NZBHydra | `hydra.netgrimoire.com` | Usenet indexer aggregator (altHUB, NZBGeek, Drunken Slug, Usenet Crawler, DogNZB) |
| Jackett | `jackett.netgrimoire.com` | Torrent indexer — runs inside Gluetun VPN on docker2 |

### Downloaders

| Service | URL | Purpose | Host |
|---------|-----|---------|------|
| SABnzbd | — | Usenet downloader | znas / Swarm |
| NZBGet | — | Usenet downloader | znas / Swarm |
| Transmission | — | BitTorrent client | docker2 (via Gluetun VPN) |
| Gluetun | — | VPN gateway — PIA VPN | docker2 / Compose |

Jackett and Transmission share `network_mode: container:gluetun` — all their traffic routes through the PIA VPN.

### Arr Stack — Media Management

| Service | URL | Purpose |
|---------|-----|---------|
| Sonarr | — | TV show acquisition |
| Radarr | — | Movie acquisition |
| Bazarr | `bazarr.netgrimoire.com` | Subtitle management |
| Readarr | — | Book acquisition |
| Lidarr | — | Music acquisition |
| Beets | `beets.netgrimoire.com` | Music library tagging |
| Mylar | — | Comic acquisition (📋 planned — see `archive/arr.yaml`) |

### Config Management

| Service | URL | Purpose |
|---------|-----|---------|
| Recyclarr | — | Sonarr/Radarr quality profile sync |
| Profilarr | `profilarr.netgrimoire.com` | Quality profile management |
| Configarr | `configarr.netgrimoire.com` | Arr config management |

### Media Search & Discovery

| Service | URL | Purpose |
|---------|-----|---------|
| JellySeerr | `requests.netgrimoire.com` | Media request management |
| TinyMediaManager | `tmm.netgrimoire.com` | Media metadata manager |
| Pinchflat | `pinchflat.netgrimoire.com` | YouTube channel downloader |
| Tunarr | — | IPTV channel creation (ErsatzTV replacement) |

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## Network Notes

Jackett and Transmission run on docker2 via Docker Compose, not Swarm. They use `network_mode: container:gluetun` to route through the PIA VPN. Caddy reaches Jackett via the `netgrimoire` overlay using an internal hostname.

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## Pending

- [ ] Prowlarr — low priority (NZBHydra covers current needs)
- [ ] Mylar — comic downloader, needs setup (reference `archive/arr.yaml`)
- [ ] Soularr — Soulseek integration for Lidarr
- [ ] MeTube — YouTube downloader for Tunarr filler workflow