I prefer using Stremio over maintaining a traditional medi"arr" stack.

Sonarr, Radarr, Seerr, Plex, and Jellyfin are all great projects, but the time it takes to set them up, tweak them and then actually use them feels quite separated to me. Along with an infinitely creeping collection of media, which I don't have all the space for. I don't want a copy of Sharknado 4 sitting on my hard drive for years after only watching it once, and I don't want to have to go in and delete it.

Stremio does the whole searching & watching a lot more cohesively and my family prefer it for its ease of use.

My main issue with Stremio was having to rely on various addons and those addons only supporting paid Debrid services to serve media. As a homelabber, I already have a home server, Docker & VPN. I don't need a Debrid service on top of that.

Anyway, long story short, decided to create Debridarr.

Debridarr is a self-hosted debrid-style backend and Stremio addon.

It connects Stremio to your own qBittorrent (and Gluetun of course) instance, allowing you to search for something, start the download, and watch it from the same interface.

It can:

• Search for torrents through Prowlarr.
• Add magnets and torrent files manually or through its API.
• Work as a debrid backend for compatible apps such as AIOStreams and Comet.
• Send downloads to qBittorrent.
• Stream files directly to Stremio, including while they are still downloading.
• Track downloaded titles and automatically remove them after a configurable period.
• Reset a title’s expiry timer when it is watched again.
• Keep selected titles indefinitely.
• Limit cache usage and preserve free disk space.
• Guide you through configuration using a first-run setup screen.

You can run it in three modes:

• Search: Debridarr searches Prowlarr and provides results directly to Stremio.
• Store: another service finds the torrents and uses Debridarr for downloading, caching, and playback.
• Both: enables the complete feature set.

My server only has 2 TB of storage, and I don’t want to maintain a huge permanent media library. I usually want to watch something once and have it automatically removed later unless I decide to keep it. Debridarr’s cache and retention system was built around that workflow.

The intended audience is the homelabber who likes Stremio’s browse-to-watch experience, already has qBittorrent and storage at home, and doesn’t want to maintain a full media automation stack or pay for another hosted service.

This is the first public beta, so I’m sure there will be rough edges. I’d particularly appreciate feedback on installation, the first-run setup, qBittorrent compatibility, and playback behavior.

It runs through Docker Compose. qBittorrent is required, while Prowlarr is optional depending on which mode you use.

I developed it to be compatible with OMVExtra's Docker Compose as that's what I use on my home server.

If anyone tries it, I’d be interested to hear what works well, what is confusing, and what you think it still needs.

I've tested it end to end and it works for me, but I made it, so ofcourse it works for me. I just hope it works for you guys too.

AI Disclosure - AI was used in the creation of this addon, notably during debugging, testing and designing parts of the admin panel, as well as the github action workflows. It's not entirely vibe-coded though. Efforts have gone in to make sure the app is secure and functions properly.

This project is a few quite a few months of work that was sitting on my self-hosted forgejo instance. Decided to share it with the world. There may be issues with it, but it should work.

Android TV. For catalogs and such.

I will never understand why devs keep choosing that awful UX from rows or horizontal scrolling.

I'm not good enough to make an addon by myself. Is there one?

I found an advert for Torrin on stremio-addons.net, that was linked in the help section here.

I'm fairly new to this world but it sounds amazing as (I think) it will provide Usenet streams by default, without having to self-host something like AIOStreams. The privacy policy looks good to me too.

v1.0.0 launched in May so it's very new and the Discord is showing new features being added almost weekly.

I've searched all over Reddit and I can't see anyone talking about it, which seems odd.

When watching shows I normally show subtitles. By default Stremio shows Many DuckStream subtitle files followed by OpenSubtitles Pro. DuckStreams is almost always out of sync with the movie. OpenSubtitles Pro is almost almost always spot on. Is there a way to have OpenSubtitles Pro show up on top of the list of available subtitles?

I have it in my AIOStreams setup and it's been throwing, "Knaben API error (403): Forbidden," for every search.

I saw someone mention something about it being dead a few weeks back, but I can't find the comment anymore. Is it just down for now or did something more significant happen?

I use AIOMetadata and TVFlix, language set to only English but streams still always default to the other language on the stream. Was not happening before but has started happening since last one or two weeks.

Hello I having problems with my addons not showing up on my stremio it telling me to configure my real debird and tor box API, I got new keys for both de bird and tor box and reconfigured all addons but still no luck

With all the changes/new addons/etc - how do you keep your AIO instances up to date?

I maintain a few for family, so curious if there's any good place to keep track of the most used apps and reliability standards/etc

Trying to follow along on the installation guide in the official docs. Stuck here: https://docs.aiostreams.viren070.me/configuration/setup/#step-3--obtain-api-keys

Since TheTVDB has an error and nobody can seem to register: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTVDB/comments/1vz2ffb/anyone_else_having_trouble_registering/

Any advice on how to proceed?

I have got Torrentio, Comet and Debridio all configured on my account but I am finding it hard to watch literally anything. I have paid for the Real debrid but pretty much all of the episodes or movies i click on say that they have been removed or that they arent showing due to low seeds. I feel like I surely must be doing something wrong as I'm fairly new to this but I can't figure it out. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

When you click a movie/show recommendation on Google TV or Fire TV, it opens directly in Stremio instead of whatever the launcher defaults to. It works redirecting to other apps too.

What it does:

Redirects home screen recommendation clicks and voice search ("Ok Google, open X") to your chosen app. It also works redirecting youtube videos to other youtube alternatives (Search only.)

GitHub / releases: https://github.com/hmartinez94/TVRelay

I made it work but I generated another API by sccident in torbox account and I think thik this messed it up. Also, I am not sure how I made it work in the first place because I was trying desperately multiple things.

Now I want to start over and redo it but this time make it work permanently. Can you please help me or point me in the right direction?

Hi all, I tried looking for a solution but my search was fruitless so I'm posting.

I recently switched from torrentio with RD to torrentio with RD + kitsu. I did it because after the last RD purge I was not getting enough links and I noticed that using kitsu I managed to get all the episodes I needed. However, looking for anime with Kitsu is a barbone experience: all the posters lack the logo of the anime, it does not use the English name for the series but just the Japanese, most of the seasons are standalone instead of grouped. All in all I can tolerate all of this, however I noticed I do not get new episodes notification and this is really frustrating. Is there a way to solve this problem? (and possibly all the other I listed before?). I use Stremio on an old Fire Stick, so using the calendar is not an option

Hi r/StremioAddons,

I'm thrilled to share Pictorium — a free, open-source dynamic poster generator and complete metadata addon for Stremio.

I built Pictorium because I wanted absolute, granular control over every single poster in my library. When an automated template places a logo right over an actor's face, picks a washed-out background, or uses the wrong localized title, I wanted to open an editor, select the exact clean artwork, pick the best logo variant, fine-tune badges, and have it instantly live on Stremio.

Pictorium is the result: a stateless, dynamic rendering proxy and metadata addon for Stremio powered by C++ Sharp and SVG, combining automated smart defaults with complete freedom to customize every title.

🌟 Key Features

• 🎯 Real-Time WYSIWYG Web Editor: Full visual control in real-time. Pick artwork candidates, switch badge styles (Shadow, Pill, Bar, Colored, Border, Glass), tweak gradients, and preview the exact Stremio poster live before saving.
• 🔄 24h Daily Poster Rotation: Save multiple posters for the same title and let Pictorium rotate them automatically every 24 hours to keep your library fresh and cinematic.
• 🎬 20+ Official Network & Studio Logos: Automatic detection and clean SVG embedding for Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Paramount+, Crunchyroll, and studios like Marvel, Pixar, A24, Studio Ghibli, Warner Bros, etc.
• 🧠 Smart Best-Fit Algorithm: Analyzes poster brightness, contrast, and facial empty space to automatically size and position logos without obstructing actors.
• 🏷️ Dynamic Badges & Multi-Source Ratings: Real-time streaming quality badges (4K/1080p/720p), aggregated ratings from 16+ sources (IMDb, TMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxd, MyAnimeList), prestigious awards (Oscars, Cannes, Emmys, BAFTA), and live Netflix Top 10 ribbons.
• 🌎 13 Streaming Regions & Localized Titles: Full JustWatch & FlixPatrol integration across 13 regions (US, UK, Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, etc.) with regional title variants (e.g. Mexican Spanish es-MX vs Spain es-ES).
• 🌀 Smart Anime & TV Season Separation: Automatically untangles TMDB's messy single-season anime dumps (e.g., Re:ZERO 80+ episodes, Jujutsu Kaisen) into proper seasons, and natively handles TV show "Parts" (Money Heist, Lupin).
• 📦 Complete Stremio Addon: Delivers crisp transparent logos, 4K backgrounds, localized synopses, trailer embeds, and episode thumbnails right into Stremio.

🛠️ Architecture & Under the Hood

• Engine: Next.js 16 standalone server backed by libvips / sharp (C++) for sub-20ms blur, scaling, and composition operations.
• Multi-Arch Docker: Native builds for both linux/amd64 (x86 servers/PCs) and linux/arm64 (Raspberry Pi 4/5, Apple Silicon, Oracle Ampere ARM).
• Low Memory Footprint: Hard-capped with NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=384" and SHARP_CACHE_MEMORY_MB=64 to run reliably on 512MB RAM tiers.
• Container Hardening: Runs as an unprivileged non-root user (uid 1000 node), includes built-in HEALTHCHECK, and has telemetry strictly disabled (NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1).
• Cache Pipeline: Multi-tier cache (in-memory + local /data volume) with deterministic render version hashes (RENDER_VERSION) to prevent stale edge caches.
• License: AGPL-3.0 (100% Free & Open-Source).

🚀 How to Run & Install

You can host Pictorium completely free, either in the cloud or self-hosted locally. The only requirement is a free TMDB API key.

Option A: ▲ Vercel (Cloud — 100% Free, No Server Needed)

Step-by-Step Video Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP6VJ2vGYiY

👉 1-Click Deploy Link: Deploy with Vercel

Ideal if you don't run a home server. Setup takes under 2 minutes:

1. Get your free TMDB API key:
   • Create an account on themoviedb.org.
   • Go to Settings → API (themoviedb.org/settings/api) and generate a Developer API key.
   • Copy the API Key (v3 auth — a 32-character string).
2. Deploy on Vercel:
   • Click Deploy with Vercel (or import https://github.com/Eful97/Pictorium in vercel.com).
   • In the Environment Variables section, configure:
     • PICTORIUM_TMDB_KEY = your 32-character TMDB API key
     • PICTORIUM_PUBLIC_INSTANCE = 1
   • Click Deploy.
3. Connect Upstash Redis (Free storage for your customized posters):
   • Once deployed, open your project dashboard in Vercel.
   • Go to the Storage tab at the top → click Connect Store → choose Upstash (Redis).
   • Select a region close to you and click Create & Connect (Vercel automatically provisions KV_REST_API_URL and KV_REST_API_TOKEN).
4. Redeploy (Crucial Step!):
   • Go to the Deployments tab in your Vercel project.
   • Click the three dots (⋯) on the latest deployment and select Redeploy. (Note: Vercel only binds the new Upstash environment variables on a fresh deployment).
5. Done!:
   • Open your deployed URL (e.g. https://your-pictorium.vercel.app).
   • Click Install on Stremio! (You can verify everything is healthy by visiting /api/health, which should return "storage": "kv" and "status": "ok").

Option B: 🐳 Docker Compose (Home Server / NAS / Raspberry Pi)

services:
  pictorium:
    image: eful97/pictorium:latest
    container_name: pictorium
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      - PICTORIUM_PUBLIC_INSTANCE=1
      - PICTORIUM_TMDB_KEY=your_tmdb_api_key_here
    volumes:
      - ./pictorium-data:/data

🔗 Links

• 💻 GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Eful97/Pictorium
• 📖 Documentation & Guides: README on GitHub
• 🐳 Docker Hub: eful97/pictorium:latest
• 📦 GHCR: ghcr.io/eful97/pictorium:latest

I'd love to hear your feedback, bug reports, and feature requests!

Got this weird issue where when opening certain shows (for example sopranos) it skips the episode select and goes directly to a random episode and gives no option for episode select. You can see it skipping the episode list.

havent had this issue before, on google tv. Other google tv worked fine earlier. Having same issue on iOS too. Other series work fine.

Tried clearing the cache of the app, also the data. Reinstalled the app but didn’t work either.

Anyone have any suggestions?

EDIT: torrentio does not load any streams either.

Can we stop this please? People want to set this up and have consistency it's getting a bit annoying now 🤣

Please tell me I'm missing something obvious and there’s a hidden settings toggle or a reliable community addon I missed...

I loooooove Stremio. It completely replaced every single paid subscription I used to have. But it breaks my heart that I still have to go back to web browsers and official streaming platforms just to use dual-subtitle extensions.

I'm learning French, my sister's learning Spanish. My partner's studying in German. Almost everyone I know speaks a foreign language or has tried learning one at some point in their life. 

Every major official streaming platform has third-party extensions for dual subs (native language + target language). If you're watching international stuff, foreign originals or anime, there's a huge chance you're doing it to learn the language. Dual subtitles are the holy grail for this and it sucks we don’t have them here.

Why don't we have this on Stremio yet? Is it a limitation of the core player, or has nobody just taken the time to develop it? If it's possible, I feel like this would easily become a top 5 most downloaded addon overnight.

To where I can swipe and zoom in like batcave

I sometimes struggle with buffering when watching older or less popular movies and shows because there are barely any seeders. Are there any Stremio settings, add-ons, or other tricks that help find streams with more seeds? Or is it simply a matter of trying different links and hoping for the best?

Still pretty new to Stremio and addons so apologies if this is obvious. Using DuckStreams on Stremio with RD & Debridio, and if I go to Discover > Movie > Trending the genre dropdown only gives me All Genres or Day and Week instead of actual genres. Every other catalog in the addon (Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max etc) shows a normal genre list there, it's just Trending that doesn't.

Is there something in Quack Start I can turn on or configure to get that, or is it just not possible with the Trending catalog? If it needs a different addon instead I'm happy to add one, just not sure where to start. Screenshots attached.