Your addons, your rules
Install any Stremio addon by link, reorder them, and see results from each one the moment it answers. MKCinema ships no catalogue of its own, so what you watch is always your choice.
Stremio addon compatible
The premium addon player
Your addons.
Your addons.
A private cinema.
MKCinema plays the Stremio addons you choose in a cinema that looks the way you like it: five looks, a colour wheel and an Anime mode. Debrid built in, a player that can send the sound to your phone, watch parties and picks that never leave your device.
Free forever, no ads
Open source
No account needed
Download the app
On a TV? Open Downloader and type tv.mkcinema.app, or see the Smart TV app. Linux without apt? Get the .tar.gz. Install help is in Download.
Works with the services you already use
Stremio addonsAny debrid serviceVLCmpvTrakt
SimklIMDb ratingsOfficial trailersWikipedia for X-Ray
SimklIMDb ratingsOfficial trailersWikipedia for X-Ray
Everything, in one place
Built like a flagship.
Built like a flagship.
Runs on everything.
Every feature here ships in MKCinema today, in the apps and in the browser. No upgrade tier, no ads, no account needed to try it.
Debrid built in
Bring your own key from whichever debrid service you already use. Cached results are marked ⚡ and play straight in the browser.
One tap to VLC
Hand any stream to VLC, Infuse, MX Player, mpv, IINA or PotPlayer. MKCinema only lists players your device supports.
VLCmpv
Watch party
Share a six-letter room. Play, pause and seeks stay in sync, with chat, reactions and push-to-talk.
X-Ray
Pause for a second to see the cast, actor bios, release facts and the picture and sound details.
WikipediaIMDb
Your Picks
A For you row built from your favourites and history. Ask in plain words, like "funny crime series". It all runs on your device.
Sync everywhere
Sign in with email to carry your library, progress, addons and settings to every device you use. Changes from all your devices merge, so nothing gets overwritten. Scrobble to Trakt or Simkl too.
TraktSimkl
SimklBrowser only mode
Can't install a player? MKCinema lists only the sources your browser can play with picture and sound.
Peak Cinema
Can't decide? Surf 90-second scenes from films in your catalogs and watchlist, by mood. Keep watching opens the film at that exact second.
Five looks, any colour
Noir, Midnight, Velvet, Sepia and Anime, plus a colour wheel that tints the whole app. Your choice follows your account to every screen.
Ambient Mode
A screensaver that turns your Home into layered, slowly moving film art. OK opens the film, Back returns you exactly where you were.
Listen on your phone
The film plays on the TV and the sound comes out of your phone, so you can watch with headphones while the house sleeps. No app to install: it's the phone remote you already scan.
New in 2.20Volume to 200 %
Quiet film, small speakers? The slider goes past 100 % and turns champagne so you know you're boosting. Dialogue comes through without reaching for the remote.
New in 2.20Speaks your language
Menus in English, Español, Português, Français, Deutsch, Italiano and हिन्दी. It follows your device, or pick one in Settings.
MDBList rows
Add any MDBList list as a row on Home with your own free API key. Curated lists, award shortlists, whatever you follow.
New-episode alerts
One quiet notice when a series you follow gets a new episode, checked on your own device. No server reads your list.
Skip Intro and next episode
Skip intros, endings and credits, anime included from any addon, and get a 10-second countdown to the next episode while its sources warm up. If a source stalls, MKCinema moves to the next one by itself.
Your phone as a remote
Scan the code on your TV and your phone becomes a touchpad or D-pad with play, seek, volume and subtitles. Type searches on the phone's keyboard, by voice where it's supported. Your TV asks before a new phone can take control.
Show it on Discord
Your Discord profile shows "Watching" and the title while a film plays, with the poster and time left. Switch it on in the Windows app under Settings › Desktop app.
Windows app
Plugins and themes
Add community features and looks from a reviewed, signed gallery. Every file is checked before it runs, and you can switch any of them off in a tap.
Custom posters
Paste a poster link from a service such as Pictorium and every card gets its art, with ratings and logos built in and landscape posters on wide cards. Thanks to Pictorium's creator, Eful97, for suggesting it.
New in 2.31
The player, rebuilt in 2.20
A screening room,
A screening room,
not a video tag.
Edge-to-edge picture, times beside the bar, and every option one tab away: Playback, Picture, Audio and More.
- Volume to 200 %. A real boost through the audio engine, and when a film carries several audio languages you pick one right in the Audio tab.
- Gestures that feel native. Hold for 2× speed, swipe the left side for brightness, the right for volume, sideways to seek.
- Subtitles done properly. Styled anime subtitles with their fonts and signs, subtitles and chapters from inside MKV files, OpenSubtitles, and a sync strip you drag.
- It remembers. Your speed for each title and your subtitle delay for each file come back next time.
- Stats for nerds. Press I for picture, frames, buffer, network and sound details. Press ? for every shortcut.
Listen on phone
The TV plays.
The TV plays.
Your headphones hear it.
Late film, sleeping house? Tap Listen on the phone remote and the TV's sound moves to your phone, live and in stereo. The TV goes quiet, and the lock screen controls the film.
1Scan the code on the TV2Tap Listen on this phone3Plug in your headphones
For anime fans
An Anime mode,
An Anime mode,
made with care.
Its own Anime tab with what's trending and airing now, and an Anime look in crimson and violet with sakura petals and Miko, our mascot. Playing still uses your own addons, like everything else.
Styled subtitles
Fansub fonts, signs, positions and karaoke render the way they were made, right in the browser.
Skip the opening
A Skip button for openings and endings, whichever addon the episode comes from.
AniList and MyAnimeList
Your progress is marked when you finish an episode, and your lists come in on import.
Trending to top rated
Four rows from Kitsu: Trending, Airing now, Most popular and Top rated.
Make it yours
Five looks.
Five looks.
Any colour you like.
Every look stays dark so the poster art leads, and each keeps the same readable contrast on phones and TVs. Switch in Settings › Appearance and it follows your account.
NoirBlack, platinum type and fine hairlines. The original.
MidnightInk blue and ice silver, like a cinema before the lights go down.
VelvetDeep oxblood and soft ivory, with rose gold.
SepiaWarm umber, cream type and amber, like old film stock.
AnimeCrimson and violet night, sakura and Miko. Early access.
Your colourTurn one wheel and the whole app follows.
Watch together
Same scene,
Same scene,
different sofas.
Start a party, share the code, and everyone watches the same title from their own sources. Drift is corrected quietly, so nobody hears the punchline first.
- Play, pause and seek in sync for the whole room.
- Chat, reactions and push-to-talk, peer to peer.
- No extension or extra app to install.
Private by design
Your taste
Your taste
stays yours.
Your Picks learns what you like inside your browser. No outside AI service ever sees your watch history.
- Keys in your own row. Debrid keys sync only to your account, which row-level security lets only you read. You can keep them on one device instead.
- No account required. Try everything first. Sign in only when you want sync.
- No tracking ads. MKCinema is supported by donations, not by selling your attention.
- Anonymous visit counts only. Cloudflare Web Analytics counts visits to this site and the app: page, referring site, browser, country. No cookies, no IDs, nothing about what you watch. Switch it off in the app under Settings › Data.
Why MKCinema
More cinema,
More cinema,
less setup.
Side by side with Nuvio, Stremio, Plex, Jellyfin and Kodi. Everything in the MKCinema column is built in and free. Nuvio is the closest match, checked against its own source code.
| Feature | MKCinema | Nuvio | Stremio | Plex | Jellyfin | Kodi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stremio addons and your own Plex, Jellyfin or Emby server in one libraryOne home for everything you watch | ◐ | |||||
| Watch party with synced playback, chat and voiceShare a six-letter room | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | |||
| Skip intro, ending and creditsAnime included, whichever addon it comes from | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | |||
| Moves to another source by itself if one stallsNo picture or a stall, and the next source takes over | – | – | ||||
| Subtitle sync you drag into placeWith a live transcript to line it up | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | |
| Seats for the householdPINs, kids seats by age rating, seat pictures | ◐ | ◐ | ||||
| Your phone as a remote, no app neededScan the code on the TV | ◐ | ◐ | ◐ | |||
| Your own M3U or Xtream channels with a guideXMLTV listings built in | ||||||
| Split Screen, up to four streams at onceChannels, matches, anything, side by side | ||||||
| Hear the TV on your phone, in your headphonesLive sound to the phone remote, no app to install | ||||||
| Ask for picks in plain wordsWorked out on your device, never sent anywhere | ||||||
| Plugins and themes from a reviewed galleryEach file checked before it runs | ◐ | |||||
| Import your Stremio library, progress and addonsOne step, password never stored | – | |||||
| Runs in a browser, nothing to install or hostPlus apps for Android, TVs, Windows, Mac and Linux | ◐ | |||||
| Free and open sourceEvery line on GitHub, GPL-3.0 | ◐ |
built in · ◐ partly, or only on some devices · not built in · – doesn't apply
Every row has a source in our README on GitHub. Checked November 2026.
Coming from Stremio?
Bring everything
Bring everything
in one step.
Settings › Account › Import from Stremio copies your library, watch progress and addons, keys included. MKCinema signs in once, reads the data and signs that session out. Your password is never stored.
Seats for the whole house, kids seats by age rating, hiding and moving any Home row, downloads, subtitles that sync themselves and four looks are all free here. No plans, no ads.
Get started
Three steps
Three steps
to opening night.
Open MKCinema
Visit app.mkcinema.app and pick a few favourites. Sign in with email if you want sync.
Add your sources
Install the Stremio addons you use from the puzzle icon, or import them from Stremio. Official trailers work out of the box.
Connect debrid and a player
Optional. Settings › Get started walks you through adding the debrid service you use and a player like VLC.
Download
MKCinema,
MKCinema,
on every screen.
Free apps for Android, Android TV, Fire TV, Windows, Mac and Linux, or the full app in any modern browser. Sign in once and your library follows you everywhere.
Available now
Android
The full app for phones, tablets and Android TVs, with a full-screen player and one-tap hand-off to VLC.
Download APK Version 1.6.2 · 12 MB · Android 7 or laterAvailable now
Windows
MKCinema in its own window, with your library, addons and sign-in kept between sessions.
Download .exe Version 1.3.0 · 14 MB · Windows 10 or 11, 64-bitAvailable now
Mac
A native window built on the WebKit in macOS, with the menu bar, full screen and keyboard shortcuts you expect.
Download for Mac Version 1.1.1 · 12 MB · macOS 11 or later, Intel and Apple siliconAvailable now
Linux
A lightweight WebKitGTK app with a launcher entry and icon. Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Fedora and more.
Version 1.1 · x86-64 · needs WebKitGTK 4.1 (2.40 or newer)New
Smart TV
The cinema on the big screen. Browse with your remote's arrows and OK, Back closes what's open, and play, pause and skip work from the remote's media keys.
Android TV & Fire TV
LG webOS .ipk (beta)
Version 1.6.2 · 12 MB · Android TV 7 or later. On Fire TV, open Downloader and type tv.mkcinema.app
How to install on Android
- Tap Download APK on your Android device.
- Open the downloaded file from the notification or your Downloads folder.
- If Android asks, allow your browser to install unknown apps, then tap Install.
- Open MKCinema from your home screen. Sign in and your addons, library and settings come with you.
MKCinema isn't on Google Play yet, so Android warns about apps installed from outside the store. Only download the APK from this page.
How to install on a TV
- Fire TV: install Downloader from the Amazon Appstore. In Settings › My Fire TV › Developer options, allow Downloader to install unknown apps (if Developer options is missing, open My Fire TV › About and press Select on your device name 7 times). Open Downloader, enter
tv.mkcinema.appand tap Install. - Android TV and Google TV: install Downloader from Google Play, allow it under Settings › Apps › Security › Unknown sources, then enter
tv.mkcinema.app. You can also copy MKCinema-TV.apk over with a USB stick and open it with a file manager. - MKCinema shows up in your TV's apps row. Sign in and your addons, library and settings come with you.
- LG webOS (beta): LG only installs apps from its own store, so the .ipk needs the TV in Developer Mode (LG's Developer Mode app and the webOS CLI) or Homebrew Channel.
- Samsung (2023 or newer, beta): Samsung only installs apps from its own store, so MKCinema runs through TizenBrew, a free community app loader. On the TV open Apps, press 1 2 3 4 5, turn Developer mode on with your computer's IP address and restart the TV. On the computer, run TizenBrew Installer to put TizenBrew on the TV. Then in TizenBrew open Module manager › Add GitHub module and type
itbelikethatbruh/mkcinema@main/tizen.
On any TV, VLC works best for playing streams.
How to install on Windows
- Click Download .exe and open MKCinema.exe. There is no installer; it runs straight away.
- If Windows shows Windows protected your PC, click More info, then Run anyway.
- Move MKCinema.exe anywhere you like and pin it to the taskbar or Start.
MKCinema uses Microsoft Edge WebView2, which comes with Windows 10 and 11. If it's missing, MKCinema offers Microsoft's download page.
How to install on Mac
- Open MKCinema-1.1.1-mac.zip (Safari unzips it into Downloads) and drag MKCinema into Applications.
- Open MKCinema from Applications. The first time, macOS says it can't check the app for malware; click Done (or OK).
- Open System Settings › Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to MKCinema, then confirm.
This happens because the Mac app isn't notarized by Apple yet. You only need to do it once.
How to install on Linux
- Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Pop!_OS: download the .deb and run
sudo apt install ./mkcinema_1.1_amd64.deb, or open it with your software centre. - Fedora, Arch and others: install WebKitGTK 4.1 (
sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1orsudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1), unpack the .tar.gz and run./install.sh. - Find MKCinema in your app menu. Ctrl+Q quits, F5 reloads.
Rather not install anything? Open MKCinema in your browser
Open source
Nothing hidden.
Nothing hidden.
Every line public.
MKCinema is open source under the GPL-3.0 license. Read exactly how your keys and data are handled, build the apps yourself, report a bug or send an improvement.
itbelikethatbruh / MKCinemaGPL-3.0
- app/The web app, server and debrid relay
- site/This website
- android/Android app
- windows/Windows app
- mac/Mac app
- linux/Linux app
- LICENSEGNU General Public License v3.0
FAQ
Questions,
Questions,
answered.
What is MKCinema?
A premium player for Stremio-compatible addons. It brings your catalogues, sources and subtitles together in one library you can style your way, with a player built for phones, tablets and big screens.
Does MKCinema provide movies or shows?
No. MKCinema hosts no titles, channels or streams. Catalogues come from Cinemeta, subtitles from OpenSubtitles, and the only built-in source is official trailers. Anything else comes from addons you choose to install, and you are responsible for using them lawfully where you live.
Is it free and open source?
Yes to both, and it stays free forever: MKCinema will never charge for anything. Every feature is included, with no ads and no paid tier, and the code is public on GitHub under GPL-3.0. If you enjoy it, you can support development on Ko-fi with an optional donation (card or PayPal). Donations never unlock anything.
Do I need an account?
No. Everything works without one. Signing in with email and password adds sync of your library, progress, addons and settings across your devices.
What is debrid, and which service should I use?
A debrid service fetches files for you and streams them back over a fast, direct connection. MKCinema works with the major debrid services using your own key, so use whichever you prefer. Settings › Get started walks you through adding it.
Why do you recommend VLC?
Browsers can't decode some common formats, such as HEVC video or Dolby and DTS sound. VLC plays nearly everything, and MKCinema hands a stream to it in one tap. If you can't install a player, turn on Browser only mode.
Where are my keys stored?
In your browser, and, if you sign in, in your own account row, which row-level security keeps readable only by you. Turn off Sync keys with my account in Settings › Debrid to keep them on one device. Keys are only ever sent to the service they belong to. When a browser isn’t allowed to call that service directly, the call passes through MKCinema’s small relay, which forwards it and doesn’t store or log your key.
Which devices does MKCinema run on?
Android phones and tablets, Windows 10 and 11, macOS 11 or later, and 64-bit Linux all have their own app above. Any other computer can use it in Chrome, Edge or Firefox. iPhone and iPad are not supported. On a TV, open it in the TV's browser, or hand streams to VLC or Infuse. Chromecast casting isn't built in yet.
Are the downloads safe?
Every app is MKCinema itself, opening the MKCinema web app in its own window, and its full source is on GitHub. The APK is signed with MKCinema's own key and only asks for internet access and, for push-to-talk in watch parties, your microphone. The Windows and Mac apps aren't code-signed by Microsoft or Apple yet, so each asks you to confirm the first time (see the install steps above). Download them only from this site or the GitHub repository.
Can I move over from Stremio?
Yes. Settings › Account › Import from Stremio copies your library, progress and addons. Your Stremio password is used once and never stored.
The lights are dimming.
Open MKCinema now. It takes seconds, and your seat is already waiting.
Our promise
Free forever.
Free forever.
Nothing to pay, ever.
MKCinema will never charge for anything. There is no paid plan, no premium tier and no feature behind a paywall, and there never will be. What you get today stays free, and everything we add later is free too.
Donations on Ko-fi are optional and never unlock anything. The code is open under GPL-3.0, so nobody can ever take the free version away.
- No paid planNot now, not later
- Nothing lockedEvery feature for everyone
- No adsNo cookies, no tracking profiles
- Donations unlock nothingThey only say thank you
Support
Keep MKCinema free
MKCinema is made by Drake Christopher, with no ads and no paid tier, and it stays free forever. Donations are optional and never unlock anything. If it's become your favourite way to watch, a coffee on Ko-fi of any size keeps it growing.