FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool for content like torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, series, movies, etc. It can use different kinds of sources like RSS-feeds, html pages, csv files, search engines, and there are even plugins for sites that do not provide any kind of useful feeds.

Flexget uses a YAML-based configuration file. The following example will look in the RSS feed in the link, will match any item that match the listed series names and download it:

tasks:
  tv_task:
    rss: http://example.com/torrents.xml
    series:
    - some series
    - another series
    download: /tvshows

There are numerous plugins that allow utilizing FlexGet in interesting ways and more are being added continuously.

FlexGet is extremely useful in conjunction with applications which have watch directory support or provide interface for external utilities like FlexGet.

To get a sense of the many things that can be done with FlexGet you can take a look in our Cookbook

ChangeLog: https://flexget.com/ChangeLog

Help: https://discuss.flexget.com/

Chat: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#flexget or https://gitter.im/Flexget/Flexget

Bugs: https://github.com/Flexget/Flexget/issues

FlexGet requires Python v2.7, 3.3, 3.4, or 3.5. It may run on 3.6 but we do not support that version at this time.

FlexGet is installable via pip with the command:

pip install flexget

For more detailed instructions see the installation guide.

Clone the repo with this command:

git clone https://github.com/Flexget/Flexget.git ~/flexget-dev

Detailed instructions are available on flexget.com.

Docker can be used to install and run FlexGet:

docker run -it -v /home/<username>/.flexget:/root/.flexget --rm toilal/flexget