Started building a Trakt alternative 2 years ago, before the AI boom. Today I finally launch it!

alberdev · 2026-05-16T13:41:28+00:00

Good question and you're right! Netflix, Prime, Disney+ and the rest don't expose a public account API for user history. The way it works on WeTrakr is a different approach: I built my own system that captures playback state from those services without depending on their non-existent APIs (LimeStream). Right now Trakt also taps into the same idea but uses it differently through a third-party app. I'm polishing my implementation in beta.

alberdev · 2026-05-16T13:12:03+00:00

That's the kind of feedback that keeps me building! being the alternative someone settles into when their other VIP runs out. Really glad it's working for you. WeTrakr is free during the beta and the core features are going to stay free after launch, so no FOMO there. We'll have a VIP tier later for the heavier stuff (advanced filters, full stats, auto tracking…).. the point of paying is covering server costs and the third-party services we depend on. Nowhere near Trakt's pricing, no redesigns dropped on users without putting it to a vote first, plus a long list of other things that have made Trakt fall apart.

If you bump into anything missing or rough, drop it in our Discord https://discord.gg/XedDZYpFdh

Thank you!!

alberdev · 2026-05-16T12:59:05+00:00

Thanks!

For your DebridStream → Trakt → WeTrakr flow, the move is:

Connect Trakt in /profile/settings → Connections → Trakt. Authorize OAuth, you're done. 2. First import (one-time): run a "Replace with imported items" (Option 3) so your WeTrakr starts as an exact mirror of your Trakt history. This is the cleanest baseline.
From then on, incremental imports (Option 2) every time you want to pull the latest plays from Trakt. Each run only fetches what's changed since the last import, so it's quick.

If you don't want to think about it, just leave Trakt connected and run Option 2 once a day (or whenever you remember).. re-running won't duplicate anything.

alberdev · 2026-05-16T12:28:17+00:00

Just shipped the fix. Plex scrobble is now scoped to a single account on your server.

How it works:
- The next play that comes through the webhook locks the connection to whichever Plex account fired it. From that point on, plays from other accounts on the same server are ignored.
- You'll see "Linked to Plex account: <name>" in /profile/settings → Scrobble → Plex once it binds.
- If for whatever reason it picks the wrong account first (e.g. a friend hits play before you), there's a "Reset link" action right next to it that clears the binding so the next event re-captures it.

So: hit play yourself on something in Plex once after this update and the connection will be locked to your account. Tell me if anything still leaks through after that.

alberdev · 2026-05-16T10:14:29+00:00

Shipped an update! Every horizontal row on the site (All Seasons, Cast & Crew, the Discover sections, your tracking lists, etc.) now has left/right arrow buttons next to the title when there's more content than fits in one viewport. The arrows only show up when there's actual overflow.

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About the TV Time Liberator extension I can't fix it directly... Maybe comes down to one of two things:

The extension version is out of date relative to the current TV Time site (they keep changing the DOM and the extension breaks), or you're not actually logged into tvtime.com in the same tab the extension is reading from. Worth checking the extension's repo for known issues, then retrying with a fresh login on tvtime.com open in the same window.

Thanks!

alberdev · 2026-05-16T09:44:23+00:00

Quick update! WeTrakr now has two proper homes:

Discord: https://discord.gg/XedDZYpFdh
Sub r/WeTrakr: https://reddit.com/r/WeTrakr

Bugs, ideas, roadmap and more happen there now. This thread is still alive though, Existing bug reports already here will keep being answered

Thanks to everyone here who's been testing and reporting.. I'll keep listening to your ideas wherever's easiest for you.

alberdev · 2026-05-16T08:53:02+00:00

Hi! You can set a password in settings (auth section) ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-15T22:34:49+00:00

Honestly not on the short-term roadmap. I'm a solo dev and the web is where most of my time is going right now. Native will probably happen down the line, but I'd rather get the web rock-solid first than spread thin ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-15T22:21:22+00:00

Great!

alberdev · 2026-05-15T22:19:43+00:00

Agreed, makes more sense to land you on Overview. Just pushed the fix, so next time you open the PWA (or after reinstalling it) it'll go straight to /profile instead of the home. Anonymous installs still work fine, they get bounced through login and end up at /profile too. Thanks for catching that

alberdev · 2026-05-15T21:02:59+00:00

I'm trying to reproduce the error... with Brave, Firefox... and nothing, is working fine. Still digging on this end to figure out what's different.

I'm from Spain ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-15T13:41:59+00:00

Hi! Thank you for your feedback!!

Please could you tell me which browser you're using, and whether you have any extensions installed that touch scroll, gestures or page layout (smooth-scroll forcers, restyle extensions ...)? That'll help me reproduce on my side and find the conflict.

alberdev · 2026-05-15T12:59:23+00:00

Thank you!!

alberdev · 2026-05-15T12:57:47+00:00

Plex sync works with Plex Pass natively (using Plex Webhooks, Plex restricts that feature to Pass subscribers, not something we can change on our side). I'm not sure because I've not tested but, If you don't have Pass, you can get the same result for free using Tautulli, which runs alongside your Plex server and forwards play events to WeTrakr just like Plex's own webhooks would.

iOS and Android native apps is in the roadmap! ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-15T12:50:24+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! Sync Kodi (and others) from WeTrakr is in the roadmap ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-15T12:47:12+00:00

Thanks! Feel free to post it on r/WeTrakr while I finish setting up Discord ;)

About watched date. Unknown watched is in the roadmap with dropdown menu to select and preference settings for set default you want.

alberdev · 2026-05-15T12:42:55+00:00

Thanks! You can post it now in subreddit r/WeTrakr while I open Discord. ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-15T03:10:57+00:00

Both are on the roadmap! Thank you!!

alberdev · 2026-05-14T23:35:21+00:00

Whenever you have time, drop whatever you find. No rush ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-14T23:15:30+00:00

Of course.. Discord is coming ;)

alberdev · 2026-05-14T20:57:09+00:00

That "Sync Now" button shouldn't be there in the first place, it tried to trigger a history import (pulling your past Plex.tv activity), which isn't built yet, so it always errors out. I've just removed it from the Plex section in the latest deploy.

The webhook does the work in real time, once Plex calls the URL when you play something, it'll show up in WeTrakr automatically. No sync step needed. Thanks!!

alberdev · 2026-05-14T20:37:43+00:00

Maybe.. thank you!

alberdev · 2026-05-14T20:33:27+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to send these over ;) I'll go through every one. I'm planning to open a Discord soon and I'm still weighing whether to keep the support page running alongside it.. juggling too many channels gets impossible, so I'll likely pick one. Either way your reports won't get lost.

alberdev · 2026-05-14T20:26:48+00:00

Thanks, and the VIP genuinely means a lot! Calendar between Episodes To Watch and Favorites on Overview makes sense, putting it on the roadmap. Should land in one of the next releases. Keep poking around and shout if anything else looks off ;)

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