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stekel/kodi
===========

Library for interacting with a kodi instance

v0.1.3(8y ago)0118MITPHPPHP ~5.6|~7.0

Since Feb 20Pushed 5y agoCompare

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Kodi
====

[](#kodi)

This package provides a simple api for interacting with a running Kodi instance using the Kodi jsonrpc api.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require stekel/kodi
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Laravel

[](#laravel)

```
use Kodi;

Kodi::player()->playPause(); // Play/Pause the currently playing media
```

### Manual

[](#manual)

```
use stekel\Kodi\Kodi

$kodi = Kodi::connect('192.168.1.100', '8080', 'xbmc', 'xbmc');

$kodi->player()->playPause(); // Play/Pause the currently playing media
```

Supported Functions
-------------------

[](#supported-functions)

### Add-ons

[](#add-ons)

FunctionExecutionAddons.GetAddons`$kodi->addons()->getAddons();`Addons.ExecuteAddon : script.playrandomvideos`$kodi->addons()->playRandom($model)`
$model can be a `TvShow` or `Song`### Gui

[](#gui)

FunctionExecutionGUI.ShowNotification`$kodi->gui()->showNotification($title, $message);`### Player

[](#player)

FunctionExecutionPlayer.GetActivePlayers`$kodi->player()->getActivePlayers();`Player.Open`$kodi->player()->open($model);`
$model can be an `Episode` or `Song`Player.PlayPause`$kodi->player()->playPause();`Player.Stop`$kodi->player()->stop();`Player.GetItem`$kodi->player()->getItem();`
Returns either an `Episode` or `Song`### Video Library

[](#video-library)

FunctionExecutionVideoLibrary.GetTVShows`$kodi->videoLibrary()->getTvShows();`VideoLibrary.GetTVShowDetails`$kodi->videoLibrary()->getTVShowDetails(TvShow $tvshow);`VideoLibrary.GetEpisodes`$kodi->videoLibrary()->getEpisodes($tvShowId);`VideoLibrary.GetRecentlyAddedEpisodes`$kodi->videoLibrary()->recentlyAddedEpisodes($limit=3);`VideoLibrary.Clean`$kodi->videoLibrary()->clean();`

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~2 days

Total

7

Last Release

3042d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13273514?v=4)[Stephen Keller](/maintainers/stekel)[@stekel](https://github.com/stekel)

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Top Contributors

[![stekel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13273514?v=4)](https://github.com/stekel "stekel (23 commits)")

---

Tags

kodilaravelphpkodistekel

###  Code Quality

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