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It is the season for giving, so, for those who want the latest and greatest, this is for you: hot on the heels of Kodi 22 "Piers" Alpha 1 (and Kodi 21.3 "Omega"), we present the perhaps predictably-titled Alpha 2. Usual words - the step from 21 to 22 is a major release, but it's also an Alpha at this stage, so you're going to get some bugs as well as funky new features. That is, of course, a major part of the point of early release software: please raise GitHub issues with full debug logs to he
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The more observant of you will have noticed that we've had some issues getting this version out to everyone, so some of you will have received this already depending on what channel you use (Flatpak, Google Play, winget community repos...). No matter, it's here for everyone now. While work is well underway on our next major release, with Alphas already out for Kodi 22.x "Piers", this doesn't mean we've given up on 21.x "Omega", as that's very much still our current release. So, with minimal fan
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Merry Christmas 2025 from PreShow Experience This is a 4k Merry Christmas bumper with 5.1 audio. File Information Submitter Matt Submitted 12/11/2025 Category Holiday Bumpers View File
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I watched the Vincent Must Die & Hallow Road double feature tonight. Between the movies, they showed a concession stand cartoon bumper that mimicked the old ones from the 60's, well probably even before that. It was cutsy and looked pretty sharp, but also had a lot of grain artifacts added to make it feel old. And about half way thru it got super dark, there was blood and the popcorn bucket character was stabbing his eye out. I've seen other horror movies at AMC but never seen this. So I'm g
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A busload of thrills and cool casual comfort Looks retro but it's newer, has some cartoony blood. This is a suitable bumper for a horror movie File Information Submitter Quebert Submitted 12/02/2025 Category Commercials View File
Last year at FOSDEM, we were approached about our usage of analytics software on our websites that gives visitor data to big companies with servers located in countries with data protection laws that are less strict than what EU citizens are accustomed to. Team Kodi has always had a firm stance against user tracking in our software, so it felt inconsistent that we did not extend the same level of prudence to our websites.
At first, we considered removing analytics altogether. But it quickly became clear that this would be problematic for our Wiki maintainers: Without any insight into what pages are viewed most, it is next to impossible to prioritize the pages to update adequately. We were very happy to come across GoatCounter, which solved our problems nicely: It has a strong dedication to privacy and data protection, but still gives us the data we need to maintain the Wiki. Shortly after, we were even happier: It is my pleasure to announce that GoatCounter has joined the ranks of our sponsors!
It is still a very young project, but from our experience it is a great alternative for site owners looking for a privacy-focused hosted analytics solution. Smaller non-commercial sites below 100k pageviews/month enjoy free hosting.
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