# PopcornTimeTV/PopcornTimeTV

Popcorn Time for Apple TV 4, iPhone and iPad

Repository: https://github.com/PopcornTimeTV/PopcornTimeTV
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/popcorntimetv
Language: Swift
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: popcorntime, tvos, apple, tv, torrenting, ios, iphone, popcorntimetv, ipa, popcorn, torrent
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-02-23T15:02:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3678, "days_push": 1287, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1401, forks 383 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.307452+00:00)

## What it is
Popcorn Time client for Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad that streams movies and TV shows via torrents. Written in Swift, it was maintained by a small team and is now discontinued, with prebuilt IPA releases still available.

## Use cases
- stream movies and tv shows on apple tv via torrents
- watch torrented video on iphone or ipad
- install a popcorntime ipa on ios devices
- build a tvos torrent streaming app from source
- localize a media streaming app for new languages

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made torrent streaming app for iOS or tvOS
- you need a stable, feature-complete codebase to fork or rewrite
- you want to study torrent streaming integration in Swift

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software or security updates
- you want legal, licensed streaming sources
- you need Android or desktop support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: video-processing, gui
- domain: media, entertainment, apple-ecosystem
- platform: -
- tags: torrent-streaming, tvos, movies, tv-shows, popcorn-time, ios, mobile, swift

## Member repositories
- PopcornTimeTV/PopcornTimeTV (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.307452+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:01.103337+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PopcornTimeTV/PopcornTimeTV (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.307452+00:00, sha 92e098903579)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.