I wrote my own streaming app for Android TV. Do you want me to open source it? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by adonis@kbin.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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?

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[-] recursed@lemmy.recursed.net 2 points 1 year 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.

[-] adonis@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My main concern is whether people would actually use it, since the backend services need to be self hosted, and if it's worth the effort.

[-] ID10T@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Post it in the selfhosted community! !selhosted@lemmy.world

[-] ROB1N@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah that'd be fantastic!

[-] DictatorGator@feddit.de 0 points 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.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.