It is less complex and carries just a single version (Windows) of the Popcorn Time software. also informs TF that work is underway to allow their software to save downloaded movies for later viewing and that an upcoming rewrite and release of version 0.3.0 in around two weeks will sport a new UI.Īdd Chromecast and multi-torrent tracker support on top and things are looking exciting for this version of the infamous software.Īlthough it has a similar feel, ’s website differs slightly from the original. TV series and more are planned for the next month.” We haven’t added many features yet since we are working on getting everything more stable and usable by everyone. “In the general picture I would say we fit as the original Popcorn Time continuation. So I then set up a new organization (popcorn-org) and a new website () to keep going,” the dev explained. “A few days ago, however, the other developer went missing, the main repository and its website were shutdown as well.
Together they released three new versions of Popcorn Time – 0.2.6, 0.2.7 and 0.2.8, the current version.
Shortly after another dev who had worked on the original Popcorn Time project agreed to merge his ongoing fork with what would soon become. I end up being the most-used fork after a few hours.” When the devs closed their project, people started asking what should be happening and I pointed them to my repository where I was working on fixing everything. “I happened to be working on a new feature on a fork at that moment. “Our project started right after the original devs abandoned their project,” a dev told TorrentFreak. Everything is open source and the project page can be found on Github. ’s website has the same look and feel as the original Popcorn Time and offers four version of the software – Windows and Mac plus Linux 32 and 64 bit. For simplicity’s sake we’ll refer to them by their current URLs – and. To get some clarity, TorrentFreak caught up with the people behind both projects to find out about their plans. Nevertheless, today there are two main Popcorn Time replacements, both of which call themselves Popcorn Time. It dramatically burst onto the scene in March and stirred up a huge controversy, but just a handful of weeks later it was abandoned by its creators.īeing open source the project was easy for others to pick up but without the original URL it was always going to be difficult for new project leaders to immediately show they were the ‘real deal’.
Unless you’ve had an Internet outage lasting a month, news of the Popcorn Time app will have appeared on your screen on several occasions.
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