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Using huntarr? Perhaps you shouldn't.
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this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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One of the first things I look for are longevity, last updated/activity, and then I look at the issues posted and responses. I like mature apps because I don't possess the intelligence to audit code.
Hey friend, don't undersell yourself. You do possess the intelligence, but maybe just not the skills.
Well, you're very kind. I do know some coding, as in basic stuff. I can get around as it were. Most of it was learned from manually typing in pages of code from outlets like Byte magazine (zoom in) only to find out when you went to run the program, that you left out a semicolon on line # 5362 and a errant indent on line # 9241.
Hah, yes that's also how I remember my childhood. But I never was good at it, though I became a good software project manager instead which works well for me using Claude now. I count that as a win.
The huntarr project released a new docker image 3 times a day…
So that takes care of the 'last updated/acticity' portion of the trifecta. How about longevity and issues posted and responses. I really know very little about the project as 'arr apps aren't my bag.
My point was that the frequency of updates doesn’t correlate with quality at all