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summary: A brief summary on what YAMS is and its features
summary: Everything you need to know about YAMS and what makes it awesome
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YAMS is a **highly opinionated** media server installation script.
# Welcome to YAMS! 🎬
It includes all the essential *arr apps, along with exceptionally detailed documentation. In just a few minutes, you can have a fully functional media server with Sonarr, Radarr, Jellyfin, qBittorrent, and more!
YAMS (Yet Another Media Server) is an **opinionated** media server that just works. No fuss, no complexity - just a smooth, automated media experience that you can set up in minutes!
With YAMS you'll be able to automate your media gathering, organization, and consumption.
## The Story Behind YAMS 📖
## First, why?
Back in 2019, I had a mission: Create a media server that my non-tech-savvy girlfriend could use without calling me for help every five minutes. So I dove in, combining some awesome open-source projects and wrapping them up in Docker containers.
In 2019 I wanted a setup that my non-technical girlfriend could use without any problems, so I started designing my media server using multiple open source projects and running them on top of docker.
Fast forward to today, and guess what? Mission accomplished! 🎉 Not only does my girlfriend use it without any issues, but I've even got my mom (who lives 5000km away!) streaming her favorite shows with zero problems.
Fast forward two years and I would like to say it works very well 😎 And most importantly, I accomplished my goal: My girlfriend uses it regularly and I've even added my mom, who lives 5000 kms from me.
When my friends saw how well it worked, they all wanted one too. But explaining how to set everything up was like trying to teach a cat to swim - technically possible, but way more complicated than it needed to be.
My friends wanted to have a media server like mine, but it was always hard to explain everything that was involved in building and connecting all the pieces together.
That's when it hit me: Why not create a script that could do all the heavy lifting? And that's how YAMS was born! Now anyone can build their own kickass media server without needing a PhD in computer science. 😎
So basically, my friends pushed me to build this script and documentation, so they (and now anyone!) could build it on their own home servers.
## What Makes YAMS Special? ✨
## Features
YAMS isn't just another media server - it's your personal Netflix-killer with superpowers! Here's what you get out of the box:
In no particular order:
### 🤖 Fully Automated
- **Smart Downloads:** Just tell it what shows and movies you want - YAMS handles the rest
- **Perfect Organization:** Everything gets sorted and labeled automatically
- **Subtitle Magic:** Auto-downloads subtitles in any language you want (if they're available)
- **Automatic shows/movies download:** Just add your shows and movies to the watch list and it should automatically download the files as soon as they are available.
- **Automatic classification and organization:** Your media files should be completely organized by default.
- **Automatic subtitles download:** Self-explanatory. Your media server should automatically download subtitles in the languages you choose if they are available.
- **Support for Web, Android, iOS, Android TV, and whatever that can support Emby/Jellyfin/Plex:** Since we are using Emby/Jellyfin/Plex, you should be able to watch your favorite media almost anywhere.
### 📱 Watch Anywhere
- Works on pretty much anything that can run Emby/Jellyfin/Plex:
- 🖥️ Web browsers
- 📱 iOS & Android phones/tablets
- 📺 Smart TVs
- 🎮 Gaming consoles
- And tons more!
## What's Under the Hood? 🛠️
## What's installed with YAMS?
YAMS combines some of the best open-source media tools out there:
- [qBittorrent](https://www.qbittorrent.org/).
- [Radarr](https://radarr.video/).
- [Sonarr](https://sonarr.tv/).
- [Prowlarr](https://github.com/Prowlarr/Prowlarr).
- [Bazarr](https://www.bazarr.media/).
- [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/).
- [Emby](https://emby.media/).
- [Plex](https://www.plex.tv/).
- [gluetun](https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun).
- [Portainer](https://www.portainer.io/).
- [Lidarr](https://lidarr.audio/).
- [Readarr](https://readarr.com/).
### Core Components:
- 📥 qBittorrent & SABnzbd: Your download powerhouses
- 🎬 Radarr: Your personal movie hunter
- 📺 Sonarr: Your TV show tracker
- 🔍 Prowlarr: Your search master
- 💬 Bazarr: Your subtitle wizard
- 🎮 Jellyfin/Emby/Plex: Your streaming brain
With this combination, you can create a fully functional media server that is going to download, categorize, subtitle, and serve your favorite shows and movies.
### Extra Goodies:
- 🔒 gluetun: Keeps your downloads private and secure
- 🎛️ Portainer: Makes managing everything a breeze
- 🎵 Lidarr: Handles your music collection
- 📚 Readarr: Takes care of your ebooks
All these pieces work together seamlessly to create a media server that's both powerful AND easy to use. It's like having your own streaming service, but better - because YOU'RE in control!
Ready to dive in? Let's [get started with the installation](/install/steps)!