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Hive vs Lidarr
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Hive and Lidarr — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Hive vs Lidarr: at a glance
What is Hive?
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
What is Lidarr?
Lidarr's 3.2 pre-release fixes Jellyfin 12 connections and stops logging Postgres passwords.
Lidarr ships small maintenance releases every few weeks. The stable 3.1.6 improved Allowed Hosts and Trusted Networks handling and added release year detection. On develop, 3.2.0 added wildcard IPs and cache cleanup, and 3.2.1 now fixes connections to Jellyfin 12+, stops the Postgres password appearing in migration logs and uses Happy Eyeballs for HTTP connections.
Hive vs Lidarr: editorial side-by-side
Hive
6.3COLLABPM
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
◆ Current state
Hive's November releases have two tracks. Bulk work got easier with undo and redo, a rebuilt Workflows library and now setting or shifting dates across many actions at once. Reporting got deeper: on November 13 dashboards gained per-person burndown drill-downs, grouped custom-field values in charts, and formulas that read monthly capacity and factors stored in Tables.
◆ Where it's heading
Dashboards are moving from showing tracked time toward capacity planning, with shared inputs that update every report when edited. Bulk editing keeps reaching more views, and each new bulk action ships with undo.
◆ Prediction
Expect more report widgets to accept Tables inputs and drill-downs, and bulk actions extending to fields beyond dates and status.
Lidarr
5.0COLLAB
Lidarr's 3.2 pre-release fixes Jellyfin 12 connections and stops logging Postgres passwords.
◆ Current state
Lidarr ships small maintenance releases every few weeks. The stable 3.1.6 improved Allowed Hosts and Trusted Networks handling and added release year detection. On develop, 3.2.0 added wildcard IPs and cache cleanup, and 3.2.1 now fixes connections to Jellyfin 12+, stops the Postgres password appearing in migration logs and uses Happy Eyeballs for HTTP connections.
◆ Where it's heading
The 3.2 line follows the shared *arr pattern: networking and security fixes that land across Radarr, Prowlarr and Lidarr at once, plus app-specific fixes for media servers and imports. Nothing here changes what Lidarr does.
◆ Prediction
A stable 3.2 release is the likely next step, following the pre-release-then-stable cadence of 3.1.6.
Alternatives to Hive and Lidarr
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Hive or Lidarr.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
SiYuan
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
Recent activity from Hive and Lidarr
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoHiveCharts can group custom field values into categories
- 1d agoHiveReporting formulas can use values stored in Tables
- 1d agoHiveBurndown chart points open a per-person breakdown
- 1d agoHiveSet, shift or clear dates across many actions at once
- 2d agoHiveWorkflows library beta adds filters, grouping and bulk actions
- 3d agoHiveUndo and redo for bulk action changes
- 5d agoLidarrLidarr 3.2.1 pre-release: Jellyfin 12 fix, password kept out of logs
- 19d agoLidarrLidarr 3.2.0 pre-release: Allowed Hosts and cache fixes
- 19d agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.6: host checks, release year detection
- 2mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.6 pre-release: Allowed Hosts logging fixes
- 2mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.5: disable search for missing albums
- 2mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.4: manual import release group fix
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Hive and Lidarr?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hive is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Hive better than Lidarr?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hive is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Hive?
Top Hive alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hive alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hive for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Lidarr?
Top Lidarr alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Lidarr alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/lidarr for the full list with editorial commentary on each.