Stremio Community 5.0.19

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.19

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.19-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.19-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2 - First start takes ~20 Seconds as portable browser has to be setup as well.

🚀 Changelog

• Fixed Drag and Dropped Subtitles with non-ascii characters not loading. Fixed issues #48, #132
• Fixed Windows Pause/Play Key Not Working When Out of Focus. Fixed issue #86

🌍 Web Changelog

• Fixed drag and dropping subtitles not showing a notification
• Fixed urls not being played when pasted in search bar or "Play URL/Magnet link" button (29.08.25)
• Fixed some install addon urls like torrentio not working (08.09.25)
• Added a "ParseOnPaste" toggle to adjust the search bar parsing behavior if a magnet or http link is pasted (08.09.25)
• Updated to latest stremio web 5.0.0-beta.26 (08.09.25)
• Fixed F not toggling Fullscreen (09.09.25)

⏳ Note: Webversion: 5.0.0-beta.26.37. If verison does not match a refresh with CTRL+F5 might be needed.

Stremio Community 5.0.18

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.18

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.18-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.18-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2 - First start takes ~20 Seconds as portable browser has to be setup as well.

🚀 Changelog

• Changed Logo for better differentiation
• Removed server.js, stremio-runtime.exe (Replaced by Stremio Service)
• Added installer option to install Stremio Service
• Added Discord Rich Presence support.

Can be enabled and disabled under Settings -> Advanced

• Added alternative toggle to stremio-settings.ini

Discord Rpc can also be disabled by setting DiscordRPC to 0 in stremio-settings.ini

🌍 Web Changelog

• Updated to latest version beta.23
• Added RPC toggle to settings
• Added support for Open in Stremio redirect
• Fixed Fullscreen toggle not working

❤️Big thanks to @Loukious for his Stremio Discord RPC implementation as this helped a lot and big thanks to @rp1231 and @anikettuli for the updated logos

Stremio Desktop 5.0.17

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.17

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.17-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.17-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2 - First start takes ~20 Seconds as portable browser has to be setup as well.

🚀 Changelog

• Added Skip Anime Intro mpv script.

Use Tab to skip anime intro's. Make sure latest portable_config is installed while running the installer.

• Added Stylus addon support.

Download unpacked extension here.

• Fixed Drag and Dropped Subtitles having delay option disabled.
• Fixed tray menu not dpi scaling.

⏳ Hotfix: Fixed portable_config not being backuped correctly in some cases. (10.02)

🌍 Web Changelog

• Added Show subtitle selected toast toggle to Settings Page > Player > Advanced
• Fixed loaded subtitle toast showing multiple times.
• Fixed addon page not loading if unsupported browser extension is installed.

Stremio Desktop 5.0.16

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.16

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.16-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.16-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2 - First start takes ~20 Seconds as portable browser has to be setup as well.

🚀 Changelog

• Added FSR Shader. Can be toggled via CTRL+7
• Added proper Browser Extension support. Browser extensions, if supported, are now listed under Addons in the Settings like any other Addon.
• Fixed Facebook login not working
• Fixed quitting via tray menu not saving window size and position
• Fixed many mpv commands making ui unresponsive. Now mpv commands are multi threaded.
• Fixed volume on start always being 50 and not saving the current volume.
• Fixed stuck on splash screen, mostly.
• Switched Web Ui server to https://stremio.zarg.me for better performance
• Github.io and official Web Ui server as fallbacks.

🌍 Web Changelog

• Fixed hardware decoding toggle being disabled. Now hwdec works as expected.
• Fixed play in background toggle being disabled. Now works as expected.
• Added mpv specific controls on settings page.
• Added Link to github page on settings page.
• Advanced Subtitle Support:
  • Now any number of Default Subtitle Languages and Audio Languages can be selected. Order of selection is the priority.
  • External Subtitles are now loaded by mpv instead. Allowing for full mpv styling on any subtitles.
    • Note: To see how to style subtitles using mpv see this. These options will later be available through the ui.
  • Added allowed Subtitles and Audio Languages to allow for only showing specific languages
    • Note: Allowed Subtitles can fail if language codes are not properly specified by the subtitles. E.g. enm (English, Middle (1100–1500)) instead of en for English
  • Added toggle for rememberTrackSelection as now auto selection is even better.
  • Added subtitlePriorityKeywords. Allows to prioritizes Subtitles with specific keywords.
  • Fixed Language Selection in settings not being sorted Alphabetically. Now the languages are sorted alphabetically by their English names.

⚠️ Note: This is a big update and for a bug free experience requires portable_config and cache (stremio.exe.WebView2) to be wiped. Installer will notify about this and backup portable_config.

🌍 Showcase

• Extension Support: (PreMid coming soon)
  

• Advanced Subtitles selection - Same for Audio Tracks:
  

• External Subtitles (OpenSubtitles V3) styled using mpv - See this for more details:
  

Stremio Desktop 5.0.15

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.15

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.15-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.15-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2

🚀 Changelog

• Added Subtitle Drag and Drop support
• Added filter to ublock extension to potentially fix missing thumbnails
• Added stremio://detail protocol support
• Fixed addons like easynews not working
• Fixed window size not restoring after closing app and re-opening
• Fixed addon install not working when app is closed
• Fixed Atl+Tab not correctly focusing WebView
• Fixed Updater not removing old installers
• Fixed Stremio Server sometimes being not found due to wrong path
• Fixed blackscreen + volume slider disabled on some systems
• Added initial Volume and VO mpv setting to stremio-settings.ini
• Adjusted installer to remove browser cache on update.
• Full web-transport rewrite to use the default qt transport
• Hotfix: Fixed window size not being saved when quitting app via tray menu. If updated on release please redownload to get this fix.

⚠️ Note: Versions below 5.0.15 wont work anymore

Stremio Desktop 5.0.14

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.14

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.14-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.14-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2

🚀 Changelog

• More fixes for stuck on splash screen.

Stremio Desktop 5.0.13

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.13

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.13-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.13-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2

🚀 Changelog

• Fixed overlay rendering issue on some systems
• Fixed F5 reload broken
• Fixed portable version not getting updated by auto updater correctly.
• Fixed some cases still being stuck on splash screen

Stremio Desktop 5.0.12

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.12

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.12-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.12-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2

🚀 Changelog

• Fixed embedded Subtitle Styling not working
• Fixed installer removing portable_config on update
• Fixed installer using wrong install dir when stremio-4 is installed
• Fixed being stuck on splash screen
• Added Warning message if second Stremio Service or Stremio running is detected.
• Added SplashScreen timeout to prevent infinite loading on bugged systems
• Improved WebView2 start arguments

Stremio Desktop EXPERIMENTAL

✨ Stremio EXPERIMENTAL 5.0.17

• Stremio EXPERIMENTAL with potential fixes. DONT USE unless you know what you are doing.

🚀 Potential Changelog

• dev tools version for debuging

Stremio Desktop 5.0.11

✨ Stremio Shell (Desktop) 5.0.11

• Stremio Shell build to work with latest stremio-web using fixed web ui

📦 Installation

1. Using the Installer: Download Stremio-5.0.11-x64.exe and run it.

⏳ Note: Preferably use x64 as this improves player limits especially on high end system. Only use x86 if u are sure what u are doing.

2. Using the Portable-Archive: Download Stremio-5.0.11-x64.7z extract it and run stremio.exe

⏳ Note: This build is fully portable and includes WebView2

🚀 Changelog

• Fixed on app start Streaming server being shown as unavailable even though after manually reloading it worked
• Fixed some edge key binds still being available
• Added F5 site refresh and CTRL+F5 site refresh + cache clear as hotkeys.
• Added F2 mpv key bind to enable overwriting of default subtitle styles
• Also Earlier added F1 mpv key bind to enable Audio Normalization
• Added osd-margin to prevent mpv status text being blocked by the web ui