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Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player. Desktop ( Windows / Mac / Linux ) a Butter-Project Fork

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Allow any user to easily watch movies through torrent streaming, without any prerequisites.

Visit the project's website at https://popcorntime.app.


Install

MacOS:

Easily install Popcorn Time via Homebrew (Cask) with brew cask install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/development/casks/popcorn-time.rb, or brew cask install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/development/casks/popcorn-time-beta.rb for the latest [stable] beta build. Also, if you keep a Brewfile, you can add something like this:

repo = 'popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop'
tap repo, "https://github.com/#{repo}.git"
cask 'popcorn-time'

Linux - Debian/Ubuntu based distros (tested on ubuntu 18.04):

  • Install unzip && dependencies (they should not be always required but some users needed them to make Popcorn Time working) :
    sudo apt update && sudo apt install unzip libcanberra-gtk-module libgconf-2-4 libatomic1
  • Create popcorn-time folder in /opt/ :
    sudo mkdir /opt/popcorn-time
  • Download Popcorn Time archive :
    wget https://get.popcorntime.app/repo/build/Popcorn-Time-0.4.4-linux64.zip
  • Extract the zip in /opt/popcorn-time :
    sudo unzip Popcorn-Time-0.4.4-linux64.zip -d /opt/popcorn-time
  • Create symlink of Popcorn-Time in /usr/bin :
    sudo ln -sf /opt/popcorn-time/Popcorn-Time /usr/bin/popcorn-time
  • Create .desktop file (so the launcher) :
    sudo nano /usr/share/applications/popcorntime.desktop
  • and copy paste the following text in the editor and save
[Desktop Entry]
Version = 1.0
Type = Application
Terminal = false
Name = Popcorn Time
Exec = /usr/bin/popcorn-time
Icon = /opt/popcorn-time/src/app/images/icon.png
Categories = Application;

Getting Involved

Want to report a bug, request a feature, contribute to or translate Popcorn Time? Check out our in-depth guide to Contributing to Popcorn Time. We need all the help we can get! You can also join our community to keep up-to-date and meet other developers.

Getting Started

If you're comfortable getting up and running from a git clone, this method is for you.

The master branch which contains the latest release.

Quickstart:

  1. yarn start

If you encounter trouble with the above method, you can try:

  1. yarn config set yarn-offline-mirror ./node_modules/
  2. yarn install --ignore-engines
  3. yarn build
  4. yarn start

Optionally, you may simply run ./make_popcorn.sh if you are on a linux or mac based operating system.

Full instructions & troubleshooting tips can be found in the Contributing Guide.

Building redistribuable packages/installers:

  1. yarn config set yarn-offline-mirror ./node_modules/
  2. yarn install --ignore-engines
  3. yarn dist --platforms=<platform>

<platform> can be one or more of the folowing values (separated by a comma ,):

  • win64
  • win32
  • linux64
  • linux32
  • osx64
  • all

Redistribuable packages are saved into build/ subfolder.

Community

Keep track of Popcorn Time development and community activity.

Screenshots

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Versioning

For transparency and insight into our release cycle, and for striving to maintain backward compatibility, Popcorn Time will be maintained according to the Semantic Versioning guidelines as much as possible.

Releases will be numbered with the following format:

<major>.<minor>.<patch>-<build>

Constructed with the following guidelines:

  • A new major release indicates a large change where backward compatibility is broken.
  • A new minor release indicates a normal change that maintains backward compatibility.
  • A new patch release indicates a bugfix or small change which does not affect compatibility.
  • A new build release indicates this is a pre-release of the version.

Archive Links for older installations

v3.10.0


If you distribute a copy or make a fork of the project, you have to credit this project as the source.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.


Copyright © 2019 Popcorn Time Project - Released under the GPL v3 license.