What are the scripts on hotio.dev used for?

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The scripts on hotio.dev are small helper tools that support the Docker images maintained there. The site lists four under its Scripts section — SysInfo, Pullio, Arr Discord Notifier, and FAQ — and they exist to handle supporting jobs around your containers rather than to run an app themselves. Each script has its own page with usage details, so treat this as an orientation to what each one is for, then follow the linked page for exact setup.

The scripts listed on hotio.dev

Script What it's for
SysInfo A helper script in the hotio toolset; see its page for the specific task it performs.
Pullio A helper script in the hotio toolset; see its page for the specific task it performs.
Arr Discord Notifier A helper script in the hotio toolset; see its page for the specific task it performs.
FAQ The site's frequently-asked-questions page, grouped with the scripts in the navigation.

The site's own description is deliberately short: it is "Documentation for all Docker images maintained by hotio," and the home page only says to "go check out the rest of our website to see how you can get started with your favorite app." It does not spell out each script's behavior on the landing page — that detail lives on the individual script pages.

How the scripts relate to the Docker images

The images are organized into three groups, and the scripts sit alongside them as supporting material:

  • Base — hotio/base, the shared foundation other images build on.
  • Apps — the application images, including hotio/autoscan, hotio/bazarr, hotio/caddy, hotio/cloudflareddns, hotio/doplarr, hotio/duplicacy, hotio/jackett, hotio/jellyfin, hotio/lidarr, hotio/mergerfs, hotio/nzbget, hotio/nzbhydra2, hotio/plex, hotio/prowlarr, hotio/qbitmanage, hotio/qbittorrent, hotio/qui, hotio/radarr, hotio/requestrr, hotio/rflood, hotio/sabnzbd, hotio/seerr, hotio/slskd, hotio/sonarr, hotio/stash, hotio/tautulli, hotio/unpackerr, and hotio/whisparr.
  • Scripts — the helper tools above.

In practice, a script is something you run next to or against those containers. For example, a notifier-style script would be the kind of thing you point at an Arr app so it can send updates elsewhere, while a maintenance-style script would be the kind of thing you schedule to act on your running containers. The site does not state the exact inputs or commands for each script on the home page, so confirm the specifics on the relevant script page before relying on it.

Where to go next

  1. Open the Scripts section of hotio.dev and pick the script you need.
  2. Read that script's page for its actual purpose, requirements, and usage — the home page only confirms the names.
  3. Check the matching Apps or Base page if the script is meant to work with a specific image; most images "come with docker cli or compose examples."
  4. If anything is unclear, the site points to its Discord server for questions.

The one thing to avoid is assuming a script does more than its page describes. The landing page lists names and nothing more, so the script's own documentation is the only reliable source for what it does and how to run it.