One of Stremio’s hidden superpowers is how easy it is to build addons. You need basic JavaScript knowledge and about 10 minutes.

The addon ecosystem is vibrant but fragile. Torrentio has been taken down from GitHub multiple times but reappears. The developer community relies on self-hosting and mirroring. Recently, a new wave of has emerged — websites that let you discover and install addons with one click, bypassing Stremio’s own (somewhat limited) community list.