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?

  • recursed@lemmy.recursed.net
    16·
    2 years ago

    I’d be interested in seeing the code and checking it out. Open Source it only if you’re comfortable and there’s no sensitive data in the repo though.

    It wouldn’t hurt and there’s no down-voting a repo so I see no downsides besides fellow developer engagement and learning from one another.

  • JoeKrogan@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    I’d say open source it. The community as a whole will benefit and it could take on a new life helping others in a similar situation to yours.

  • DeJaVu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    5·
    1 year ago

    Always a good idea to open source imo, you never know who will jump in and what potential that will bring to the app and what and how big it will become.

    Could be a good idea considering adding usenet support(Easynews), they allready have a search engine on their website and i figure it shouldnt be too complicated to implement. And theres not too many kodi addons that do support easynews(afaik its only fen and umbrella), so that should help with it getting some popularity amongst EN users.

    Could you share some screens or short video of the app in action? Would be curious to see that pretty ui you mention.

  • DictatorGator@feddit.de
    2·
    2 years 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
      1·
      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.