This is a complete rebuild of Popcorn Time. Not a fork, not a patch - a fresh start with new goals and a clean foundation. This repository will be the home for ongoing development, documentation, and releases.
What's New
- Modern, safer, and legal
- Cross-platform: desktop, mobile, and TV
- Open source and community driven
- Weekly published databases for developers and researchers - issue #3113
- Local media playback, not just links (soon)
How Does Popcorn Time Differ?
Other platforms like JustWatch or Reelgood act as directories. They show you where content might be, but they don't let you do much beyond clicking through to a service.
Popcorn Time is different:
- The code is public, built by and for the community
- Our catalog is released weekly as Parquet datasets for developers and researchers
- You can play your own files, not just follow links
- Features and direction come from contributors, not corporate agendas
- We share strong, growing databases with everyone - we're not here to monetize discovery like the big guys
Tech
Popcorn Time is a Tauri-based application. Its UI is written in React using TypeScript and its backend is written in Rust.
Bugs and Feature Requests
If you have a bug or feature request, feel free to open an issue
Contributing
If you'd like to help, check out CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to get started.
If you want to skip right to getting the code to actually compile, take a look at the DEVELOPMENT.md file.
Sponsorship 💜
This project is community-driven. If you'd like to support development and help us move faster, you can sponsor us:
Every contribution helps us dedicate more time to building the future of Popcorn Time.