Stremio
Stremio is a desktop streaming app for discovering, organizing, and watching movies, series, live TV, and web video sources in one place.
What is Stremio?
Stremio is a media player and streaming organizer for macOS that helps users discover shows and movies, manage a watchlist, and play video from multiple sources through one interface. It is designed for people who want a single desktop app to track what they want to watch and continue playback across devices with the same account. Common uses include browsing catalogs, getting recommendations, resuming episodes, and opening streams from supported add-ons or external sources. Stremio also supports subtitles and library syncing, which makes it easier to keep viewing activity and saved content consistent across platforms. The macOS app is part of the Stremio product published by West Bridge Ltd and is available alongside apps for other devices and the web.
Key features
- Browse movies, series, live TV, and web video in one interface
- Track a personal library and watchlist across devices
- Resume playback and keep viewing progress synced with your account
- Use add-ons to expand catalogs, metadata, and available sources
- Play supported video streams with subtitle support
- Get recommendations and see details for titles before watching
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Safety overview
Status: Use with caution
Stremio is a legitimate media application, but caution is appropriate because the experience can depend on third-party add-ons and external content sources. Review any add-ons you install, since community add-ons may expose you to untrusted streams, misleading links, copyright issues, or extra data sharing. Network access is consistent with a streaming app's purpose. If the app asks you to bypass macOS security warnings, download a fresh copy only from the official Stremio website and avoid unofficial fixes or modified installers.
Recommendation: Keep Stremio if you use it to manage or watch video content and you trust the add-ons you have installed. If you no longer use it, removing the app is reasonable and mainly affects your local app files; your account-based library and watch history may still remain associated with your Stremio account.
Common paths
/Applications/Stremio.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.westbridge.stremio5-mac
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Stremio
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.westbridge.stremio5-mac.plist
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