I’ve been using my own streaming app for the past few years now.

I decided to rock my own thing because of the following reasons. Since many of the existing ones are closed source, you never know what data is collected. Kodi is fine, but I prefer nice UIs to browse my favorite content. And lastly, I’m a passionate developer.

The app consists of 3 parts:

  • the TV app itself
  • a backend service to fetch data from trakt/tmdb
  • a backend service for openscrapers (real debrid)
  • external player of choice (nova, vlc, …)

To get it up and running, you’d need to run the two backend services on your own server and install an external player like Nova, since it doesn’t provide a built-in player.

Would you guys be interested in it so I make my repos publicly available?

  • @DictatorGator
    3•1 year ago

    Same here, I’d say open source in my honest opinion, but I am no developer and since I am not a developer I don’t know the implications of making an app open source.

    • @QuestionMark@vlemmy.netEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Hello;

      Here is my explanation why open-sourcing a program is a good idea. I hope it helps you.

      Anyone who can will be able to read the code (and that means if someone tries to add malicious code people would notice), and it also makes it easier to contribute to the program, programmer or not. Programmers can fix the program on their own and then ask for their fix to be added. Or, if they don’t know why something isn’t working (or don’t have time, or aren’t programmers at all), they can create an issue: it’s like a post, and anyone can comment on it. If the main programmer/s didn’t find out what was wrong, then someone else might.