tvOS Resources

A collection of resources for the Apple TV 4 including apps that can be installed via "side-loading" and helpful articles.

Apps

Sickbeard tvOS

A (WIP) Sickbeard client for tvOS.

Aerial

A viewer for the Apple TV's Aerial screensavers that lets you choose which screensaver you want to view. It dynamically updates the list of videos from Apple's servers. All videos are streamed on-the-fly, so disk usage is minimal.

Auntie Player

A proof of concept Apple TV app to access on demand programmes from the BBC.

MameAppleTV

A MAME emulator for tvOS.

Provenance

An iOS/tvOS Frontend for multiple emulators, currently supporting Sega Genesis, Game Gear/Master System, Sega CD, SNES, NES, GB/GBC and GBA.

Octopus

Remake of Nintendo's Octopus Game & Watch device (OC-22) for Apple TV 4.

StreamCenter

tvOS project that aims at providing various video feeds to the AppleTV.

CouchPotatoTV

CouchPotatoTV is a Couch Potato client for Apple TV.

PopcornTimeTV

Popcorn Time for Apple TV

SiongTV

A Popcorntime client.

OwnChannel

Apple TV (TVOS) Template to create your own Live TV channel.

YouPornViewer

A simple tvOS and iOS Application to see youporn video.

tvOSBrowser

A web-browser for tvOS.

iDeveloper Guru

The Best Videos for iDevices Development! And not only for beginners.

Resources

Apple TV: how to play classic Nintendo and Sega games!

A useful video on how to sideload an app.

How to play MAME arcade games on Apple TV

Article with instructions on sideloading MAME.

Curated list of tutorials and sample apps for tvOS

A List of tutorials, sample apps and articles.

Developer Resources

ATVJS

Blazing fast Apple TV application development using pure JavaScript

TVML Catalog using ATVJS

Port of the TVML Catalog Sample Code re-written using atvjs

TVDML

Small library for creating declarative apps for tvOS with TVML and TVJS