How to Install and Use the Trakt Add-on for Kodi

The Trakt add-on for Kodi runs in the background to record supported movies and TV episodes in your Trakt history. After you connect your account, it can scrobble playback, synchronize watched status and collection data, and offer a rating prompt. Install it from Kodi’s official repository, authorize the device with a code, then review the sync and exclusion settings before watching.

Trakt tracks viewing information; it does not provide video streams. Scrobbling also depends on Kodi identifying the title correctly. Local media is best supported when played from Kodi’s library, while third-party streaming add-ons must pass usable show, episode, or movie metadata for Trakt to match an item.

Install the official Trakt add-on

Use Kodi’s built-in repository instead of a third-party ZIP or repository. Kodi’s current add-on documentation lists Trakt as a Program add-on, and the Kodi wiki installation page shows the same route. Menu wording can differ slightly by Kodi version or skin.

1. From Kodi’s home screen, open Settings, then Add-ons.
2. Select Install from repository, open Kodi Add-on repository, choose Program add-ons, and select Trakt.

3. Choose Install and wait for Kodi’s add-on-enabled notification. If Kodi asks to install required dependencies, review and confirm them.

The Kodi add-on listing describes the official add-on as a TV and movie scrobbler. It is a background service, so opening its icon may not launch a separate browsing screen.

Connect Trakt to Kodi

After installation, Kodi may open the authorization prompt automatically. If it does not, open the Trakt add-on’s information page, choose Configure, and select the authorization option (shown in Trakt’s guide as How do I authorize?). Trakt’s device-linking process uses a unique eight-digit code for each device.

1. On a phone or computer, go to trakt.tv/activate and sign in to the Trakt account you want to use.
2. Enter the code displayed by Kodi, then approve access for the Kodi add-on.
3. Return to Kodi and wait for the confirmation. Keep the code private and enter only the code shown on your own screen.

Trakt’s device-authentication instructions explain the same sign-in and approval flow. If you connect multiple Kodi installations, repeat it with a new code for each one.

Choose what Kodi sends and synchronizes

Open the Trakt add-on’s information page and use its context menu to reach Settings or Configure. On a remote or touchscreen, the context-menu control may be a long press or a menu button rather than a right-click. In settings, use the General tab to confirm the connected account.

Set exclusions and scrobbling

In Exclusions, you can keep selected paths or sources out of your Trakt history—for example, a family member’s media folder or a test library. Review any source-wide exclusion carefully: Trakt’s guide notes that excluding HTTP sources can prevent streaming content from being recorded. In Scrobbling, check that movie and episode tracking match your preference, and decide whether Kodi should show notifications when it sends playback updates.

Review synchronization and ratings

The add-on supports watched-status synchronization between Kodi and Trakt, and it can sync library collection data. Select the options you actually want; synchronization can affect information on both services. Be especially careful with any setting that removes items from your Trakt collection when they are absent from Kodi. That cleanup may be unsuitable if Trakt also represents physical media or libraries managed by other apps. The Trakt Kodi feature guide explains the sync choices and their effects.

Under Ratings, decide whether Kodi should ask you to rate an episode or movie after playback. Leave the prompt enabled if you want to rate as you watch; turn it off if you prefer to rate items later on Trakt.

If a title does not appear in Trakt

• Confirm the General tab shows the account you authorized and that scrobbling is enabled for the media type.
• Check whether Kodi recognizes the title in its library. The add-on relies on identifiers such as TVDb or IMDb for shows and TMDb or IMDb for movies; a title with missing or incorrect metadata may not match.
• For remote streams, check with the add-on developer whether it passes title and episode metadata to Kodi. Some sources do not provide enough information for reliable scrobbling.
• If authorization appears broken, open the Trakt settings and authorize again. You can also review connected apps in your Trakt account and revoke an old Kodi connection before linking it again.

For version-specific details, use the Trakt add-on source and documentation or ask its maintainers through the support links on the official Kodi listing.