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Lidarr vs Passbolt

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Lidarr and Passbolt — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Lidarr vs Passbolt: at a glance

FeatureLidarrPassbolt
SectorCollabCollab
Velocity score5.02.5
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesmusic-management, self-hosted, arr-ecosystem, security-settingspassword-manager, passkeys, autofill, access-control
Last editorial update7h ago15h ago
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What is Lidarr?

Lidarr starts a 3.2 pre-release while 3.1 gains host and network checks

Lidarr ships small maintenance releases every few weeks. 3.1.6 on the stable branch improves Allowed Hosts and Trusted Networks handling and logging, adds release year detection and fixes Freebox imports. A 3.2.0 pre-release followed with wildcard IP support in Allowed Hosts, indexer-recommended page sizes and periodic cache cleanup.

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What is Passbolt?

Passbolt adds passkeys for MFA and rebuilds autofill detection, with passwordless still to come.

Passbolt 5.17 adds passkeys as a second factor in every edition and rebuilds autofill detection, raising form detection on its internal test set from 74% to 93.4%. It also brings the permission review to moves of resources and folders, as earlier notes promised. The previous release, 5.16, added a read-only Offline Mode in beta for when the server is unreachable.

Read the full Passbolt trajectory →

Lidarr vs Passbolt: editorial side-by-side

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Lidarr
COLLAB
5.0

Lidarr starts a 3.2 pre-release while 3.1 gains host and network checks

◆ Current state

Lidarr ships small maintenance releases every few weeks. 3.1.6 on the stable branch improves Allowed Hosts and Trusted Networks handling and logging, adds release year detection and fixes Freebox imports. A 3.2.0 pre-release followed with wildcard IP support in Allowed Hosts, indexer-recommended page sizes and periodic cache cleanup.

◆ Where it's heading

The *arr projects are rolling out the same host-validation settings together, and many of Lidarr's fixes are the same commits shipped in Prowlarr. The 3.2 bump is a version step, not a feature release, in what the notes show.

◆ Prediction

A stable 3.2.0 is the likely next entry, given the pre-release has been out since late October.

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Passbolt
COLLAB
2.5

Passbolt adds passkeys for MFA and rebuilds autofill detection, with passwordless still to come.

◆ Current state

Passbolt 5.17 adds passkeys as a second factor in every edition and rebuilds autofill detection, raising form detection on its internal test set from 74% to 93.4%. It also brings the permission review to moves of resources and folders, as earlier notes promised. The previous release, 5.16, added a read-only Offline Mode in beta for when the server is unreachable.

◆ Where it's heading

The access-review arc that began with 5.14 has reached moves, so it is close to complete. The next arc is authentication: passkeys for MFA are stated as a first step, with passkey storage for third-party sites and passwordless sign-in to Passbolt named as follow-ups. Offline Mode and QuickAccess are also being extended resource type by resource type.

◆ Prediction

The next releases should deliver passkey storage as a resource type, with passwordless sign-in after it. Further resource types will move into QuickAccess and Offline Mode, as the 5.17 notes say.

Alternatives to Lidarr and Passbolt

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 Lidarr or Passbolt.

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Recent activity from Lidarr and Passbolt

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 7d agoLidarrLidarr 3.2.0 pre-release: Allowed Hosts and cache fixes
  2. 7d agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.6: host checks, release year detection
  3. 13d agoPassbolt5.17 adds passkeys for MFA and a rebuilt autofill engine
  4. 1mo agoPassbolt5.16 adds read-only Offline Mode in beta
  5. 1mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.6 pre-release: Allowed Hosts logging fixes
  6. 1mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.5: disable search for missing albums
  7. 2mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.4: manual import release group fix
  8. 2mo agoPassbolt5.15 adds database sessions and closes shared-tag permission bypasses
  9. 2mo agoPassbolt5.14.3 limits the permission dialog to actual secret changes
  10. 3mo agoPassbolt5.14 adds confirmation prompts before shared-resource edits
  11. 3mo agoLidarrLidarr 3.1.3: Spotify rate limiting
  12. 4mo agoPassbolt5.13 adds in-app switching between Community and Pro

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Lidarr and Passbolt?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Lidarr is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), 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 Lidarr better than Passbolt?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Lidarr is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), 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 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.

What are the best alternatives to Passbolt?

Top Passbolt alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Passbolt alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/passbolt for the full list with editorial commentary on each.