Sonarr Nyaa — Indexer Hot Hot!

If an anime isn't downloading, use the icon (the person silhouette) next to an episode. This displays all available releases on the tracker, alongside a red exclamation mark explaining exactly why Sonarr is rejecting a specific file (e.g., "Unknown Movie", "Wrong Size", or "Invalid Season").

Adding the indexer is only the first step. To truly make your setup "hot," you need to configure Sonarr to use Nyaa effectively.

Before diving in, make sure you have the following ready:

Sonarr's parser cannot match the release title to any series in your library. This frequently happens with: sonarr nyaa indexer hot

Do not use the built-in "Nyaa" preset. Create a custom Torznab indexer.

Ensure you use category IDs like 1_2 (English-translated) or 1_0 (All Anime). Best Practice for Releases

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Japanese audio with English (or other language) soft or hard subtitles. Dubbed: English audio tracks included.

One common mistake is using the wrong category ID, which results in "No results found." Nyaa uses specific IDs that must match in Sonarr: Category 5070 (or 1_2 in some setups). Anime - Movie: Category 5070 .

Once you have the basics down, you can explore advanced tools to make your setup even more powerful. To truly make your setup "hot," you need

New episodes appear on Nyaa within minutes of airing in Japan.

Because Nyaa is a public tracker handling copyrighted material, it frequently faces ISP blocks, DNS filtering, and Cloudflare DDoS protection screens. If Sonarr fails to connect to Nyaa, use the following troubleshooting steps. Solving DNS and ISP Blocks

To get the most out of your setup:

indexers: definitions: Nyaa: type: "nyaa" enable_rss: true enable_automatic_search: true enable_interactive_search: true anime_standard_format_search: true indexer_priority: 25