What is Quickstart?

Kometa Quickstart is a guided web interface for creating and managing Kometa configurations. It runs as a self-hosted web application accessible via browser, offering multiple installation methods including Docker, standalone binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and a local Python install. Quickstart provides a step-by-step validated workflow for configuring Plex libraries, collections, overlays, and metadata, with instant feedback before generating the final YAML. It includes safe playground mode with test libraries, SQLite-backed config storage with version history and bundle export/import, and built-in runners for Kometa and ImageMaid with maintenance-aware scheduling. The UI features live overlay previews, a theme picker (Kometa, Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Seerr), cross-app analytics with log scanning, and optional integrations with services like Tautulli, OMDb, MDBList, Radarr, Sonarr, Trakt, and MyAnimeList. Quickstart manages its own Kometa runtime in managed mode or can connect to an existing direct install or external containerized config path. All credentials and configurations are kept locally in a user-controlled workspace.

Should you self-host Quickstart?

Quickstart scores 52/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #60 of 142 in Media Management. It has 206 GitHub stars.

It shipped 18 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.10.16, came out on 26 October 2026. New versions land roughly every 7 days.

Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Python.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Sonarr (81/100, 17 472 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See Quickstart vs Sonarr side by side.