Stremio
Stremio is a desktop streaming and media discovery app for watching movies, shows, and video channels with a library-based interface.
What is Stremio?
Stremio is a media player and streaming organizer for macOS that helps users discover, track, and watch movies, TV shows, and online video in one place. It combines a catalog-style library with playback tools, watch history, and cross-device account syncing so you can continue viewing across supported platforms. Many people use it to manage what they want to watch next, follow series episodes, and launch streams from installed addons and supported sources. The app includes features such as subtitle support, library management, notifications for new episodes, and playback controls suited to desktop viewing. Stremio also offers macOS-specific desktop builds, including recent native Mac updates alongside its broader desktop app line from Stremio.
Key features
- Browse movies, series, and online video from a unified library view
- Track watch progress and continue viewing across supported devices
- Organize titles in a personal library and manage what to watch next
- Get notifications for new episodes from followed shows
- Use subtitles and playback controls for desktop viewing
- Open streams through installed addons and supported content sources
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Stremio is legitimate media software, but what you watch and which addons you install can affect your privacy and content sources. The app’s normal behavior includes internet access, account syncing, and storing viewing data such as library items and watch progress. Use addons carefully, install them only from sources you trust, and review account or streaming activity if you share the app with others.
Recommendation: Keep Stremio if you use it to manage or watch video content on your Mac. Remove it only if you no longer use the app or want to clear its local data and signed-in viewing history from this device.
Common paths
/Applications/Stremio.app~/Applications/Stremio.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.stremio.stremio-shell-macos
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Stremio
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.stremio.stremio-shell-macos.plist
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