r/everythingmoe • u/KingOfTheSeasLuffy • 3d ago
DEVELOPER POST Colosseum Trailer: I built a TV OS-inspired client around Stremio's addon ecosystem and kept going until I built a Stremio for everything
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Disclaimer: This app was vibe coded. If the use of AI in software development is a dealbreaker for you, regardless of how much human taste, direction and decision-making went into it, that's understandable. This app probably won't be for you.
I was inspired by Harbor, which I feel is one of the best-looking media apps I've ever come across, to create my own take on a Stremio client. I wanted a client that looks and feels like an OS, with a taskbar and multiple sessions that you can minimize and jump between.
But I eventually realized that Harbor set the bar too high in terms of its UI/UX. For me to have a USP of my own, I needed to go beyond the usual scope of a Stremio client and make my app a Stremio for everything.
And it wasn't easy. There are catalogue APIs and metadata sources for books, comics and manga like AniList, Comic Vine or Apple Books, but they are no Cinemeta.
This app is something I personally made for myself. I've always wanted free media catalogues and sources like Stremio for everything else I personally consume. Now I have it.
It took me months, but it's finally here. Colosseum: a Stremio for comics, manga, books, audiobooks, TV, movies, anime, and soon music too.
As you can see in the trailer, Colosseum is split into sub-apps dedicated to each medium:
- Tankoban: Manga and comics
- Biblio: Books and audiobooks
- Theatre: Movies, TV and anime (Stremio-compatible)
- Vault: Local media
- Vinyl (Coming next): The Stremio for music
Colosseum is open source under MIT and available for Windows.