Explore Stream-style extension support for streaming sites in StrIve

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Overview

StrIve aims to offer an advanced streaming dashboard using React & Firebase. This issue proposes investigating support for Stream-style extensions (modeled after the popular Android app extension architecture), enabling third-party site integrations via modular plugins/extensions.

References

• Review extension formats (JSON manifest, Kotlin/Java logic, content scrapers) and possible adaptation to JavaScript/TypeScript for StrIve.

Possibilities for Implementation in StrIve

1. Extension Loader: Create an extension/plugin loader in StrIve that loads external site modules/extensions (in JS/TS), inspired by Stream.
2. Extension API: Define an extension API for StrIve that allows developers to add support for new streaming sites (scraping, API, playlist integration, etc.).
3. Extension Repository UI: Add a UI for browsing, installing, and managing extensions (like Stream’s repo browser).
4. Security Model: Sandbox extensions and review permissions to keep users safe.
5. Example Extension Mapping: Prototype mapping a Stream-style extension (e.g., for a public streaming site) to StrIve’s extension format and player logic.

Tasks

• Research Stream extension architecture and repo formats
• Draft StrIve extension manifest and lifecycle spec
• Prototype loading and running a JS/TS site extension in StrIve
• Implement extension browser UI
• Evaluate security and sandboxing for third-party extensions
• Map at least one Stream-style extension to StrIve’s model and document findings

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This issue will guide development of modular extension support in StrIve, enabling compatibility with more streaming sources.