SendToKodi Browser Extension: Send YouTube, Twitch and 1000+ Sites to Kodi

Watch it in the browser, play it on the big screen.
SendToKodi for Chrome, Firefox and Edge sends the video you are watching to Kodi with one click: YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, SoundCloud and 1000+ other websites.

Install • Setup • Usage • Troubleshooting • Privacy • Documentation

You found a video on your laptop and want to watch it on the TV. Instead of mirroring your screen or typing a URL into Kodi, you click the SendToKodi icon, and Kodi plays the video on its own, in the best quality the site offers, with Kodi's player, subtitles and remote. Your browser only sends the link; the SendToKodi Kodi add-on resolves it with yt-dlp. Think of it as a "cast to Kodi" button that works on every video site.

• 🎬 One click to Kodi: Open the popup on any video page and press Play. The URL of the current tab is already filled in.
• 📋 Queue instead of interrupting: Add videos to Kodi's playlist while something else is playing.
• 🖱️ Context menu: Right-click a link, video or page and choose Play on Kodi or Add to Kodi queue, without opening the video.
• ⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+Shift+K plays the current tab, Alt+Shift+Q queues it, without opening the popup.
• 🔄 Several Kodi devices: Save a connection for each one (living room, bedroom, …) and switch between them.
• 🟢 Connection status: See at a glance whether your Kodi is reachable.
• 🌍 English and German, follows your browser language.
• 🔒 Private: No tracking and no servers in between. Your browser talks directly to your Kodi, and the extension asks for access to that one address only, never to the websites you visit.
• 🧩 Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, and Firefox for Android.

It also works in other Chromium-based browsers such as Brave, Vivaldi and Opera via the Chrome Web Store, and in Firefox for Android via Mozilla Add-ons.

The browser extension only tells Kodi what to play. The SendToKodi Kodi add-on does the actual work: it uses yt-dlp to resolve the website into a playable stream. Follow its installation guide.

1. In Kodi, open Settings → Services → Control.
2. Turn on Allow remote control via HTTP.
3. Note the port (default 8080) and set a username and password.

You can find the IP address of your Kodi device under Settings → System information → Network.

1. Click the SendToKodi icon in the browser toolbar and then the ⚙️ gear icon.
2. Enter the IP address, port, username and password from step 2.
3. Click Test Connection. When the browser asks for access to your Kodi, click Allow.

When you see Connection successful and the status badge says Online, you're done. For more room, use the full settings page via the ↗ icon in the popup (or Extension options in your browser). Several devices, HTTPS behind a reverse proxy and Kodi on another network: Setup guide.

When you use the context menu or a shortcut, the toolbar icon briefly shows ✓ if it worked or ! if it didn't. Hover over the icon to read the message.

Changing the shortcuts: open chrome://extensions/shortcuts (Chrome, Brave, …), edge://extensions/shortcuts (Edge) or, in Firefox, about:addons → ⚙️ → Manage Extension Shortcuts.

• "Connection failed – Kodi not reachable": Kodi running, same network, correct IP and port, Allow remote control via HTTP on, Use HTTPS off (Kodi itself only speaks HTTP), no firewall on the port.
• "Wrong username or password": use exactly the credentials from Kodi's Settings → Services → Control.
• "Access to Kodi was not granted": click Test Connection in the popup again and choose Allow. The context menu and the shortcuts can't show this prompt, so test once from the popup first.
• "Kodi error: … – is the SendToKodi addon installed?": the Kodi add-on is missing or outdated. Install or update it.
• Kodi starts, but the video doesn't play: that's the Kodi add-on's part. Update yt-dlp in its settings and see its troubleshooting guide.

Every message, with its cause and fix, is in the troubleshooting guide. Still stuck? Open an issue with your browser, Kodi version and the error message.

SendToKodi collects no data. There is no tracking and no analytics, and no server sits between your browser and Kodi. Your connections (including the Kodi password) are stored in your browser's extension storage and synced with your browser account if you have sync turned on.

The extension does not need access to the websites you visit. All code is open source and can be reviewed in this repository. Full details: Privacy Policy · Privacy & permissions.

Which sites work? Everything yt-dlp supports, plus direct links to media files. DRM-protected services (Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video) do not work.

Do I need the Kodi add-on? Yes. The extension sends the link, the add-on resolves and plays it.

Does it work from a different network? Only if the browser can reach Kodi's address, for example through a VPN or a reverse proxy with HTTPS. See the setup guide.

Is there an Android or iOS version? Use Kore on Android and the Apple Shortcut on iPhone and Mac; both are described in the Kodi add-on's documentation.

The full documentation is at firsttris.github.io/chrome.sendtokodi: installation, setup, usage, troubleshooting, privacy & permissions, how it works, development and releases. The source is in docs/.

Bug reports, ideas and pull requests are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for how to build and run the extension locally and how releases work.

Thanks to our contributors:

• @eeshugerman: Mozilla support (#3)
• @mauman: Firefox manifest fixes (#14)