{"rid":"debrid/comet-elfhosted","card":{"rid":"debrid/comet-elfhosted","eid":"elfhosted","topic":"debrid","slug":"comet-elfhosted","provider":"Comet (ElfHosted public instance)","url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/configure","domain":"elfhosted.com","category":"hosted Stremio addon, torrent and debrid search with key passthrough","tier":"public instance","verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","vorder":1,"grp":"usable","confidence":"documented","binding":"request-rate","identity_kind":"anonymous","identity_basis":"stated","needs_card":0,"needs_phone":0,"needs_id":0,"needs_institution":0,"country":null,"crypto":null,"interfaces":"rest","egress_metered":0,"per_object_bytes":null,"retention_days":null,"verified_at":"2026-10-23T02:28:11.000Z","verified_basis":"live","checked_on":"2026-10-24","stale_on":"2026-11-23","n_evidence":3,"usd_month":null,"usd_per_tb_month":null,"summary":"Free, no account, no install: the manifest at /manifest.json is served with 'configurationRequired: false' and describes the instance as 'Stremio's fastest t...","duplicate_of":null,"n_unknown":1},"record":{"topic":"debrid","slug":"comet-elfhosted","provider":"Comet (ElfHosted public instance)","url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/configure","category":"hosted Stremio addon, torrent and debrid search with key passthrough","tier":"public instance","free_tier":{"stated":"Free, no account, no install: the manifest at /manifest.json is served with 'configurationRequired: false' and describes the instance as 'Stremio's fastest torrent/debrid search add-on' (Comet | ElfHosted). 'This is the public instance of Comet, sponsored by ElfHosted ... Reasonable rate limits apply so it stays fast for everyone.'","unit":"requests","metered_on":"request-count","source_url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/configure","read_on":"2026-10-23","notes":"The rate limit is not published as a number; the page says only 'reasonable'. The paid instance is sold as the fix, at 10x."},"per_object_cap":{"stated":"not applicable: results are stream descriptors, not stored objects","bytes":null,"source_url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/manifest.json","notes":""},"retention":{"stated":"not applicable: nothing is stored for a user on the public instance","days":null,"source_url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/manifest.json","notes":""},"egress":{"terms":"Not metered for a user: the instance returns links and, if proxying is enabled, streams through ElfHosted's IP. The public instance publishes no bandwidth figure and sells none.","metered":false,"free_allowance":"not published","price_per_tb":null,"source_url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/configure"},"interface":["rest"],"interface_detail":"Stremio addon protocol over HTTPS: GET /manifest.json, GET /{config}/stream/{type}/{id}.json. Configure page renders quality filters, 'Add Debrid Service', 'Show Cached Only', 'Scrape Debrid Account Torrents' and an Install button that pushes the addon into Stremio.","tooling":"works from Stremio Web or any Stremio client with no local server; no addon-side install and no key needed to browse, a debrid key needed to resolve cached streams.","chaining":"Sits between Stremio (or AIOStreams as an aggregator) and the client's debrid account; pairs with a bundled ElfHosted proxy to hide the client's IP from the debrid provider.","limits":[{"kind":"request-rate","value":"unpublished 'reasonable rate limits' on the shared public instance","source":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/configure"}],"limits_note":"A debrid key is optional for the addon but load-bearing for the result: without one Comet returns torrents that must be streamed peer-to-peer, which Stremio Web cannot do without a local Stremio Service.","binding":"request-rate","binding_note":"No byte counter exists on the public instance; the only cap the vendor names is the shared rate limit, and the paid tier is sold as 10x that.","identity_cost":{"kind":"anonymous","detail":"Nothing to register to install the addon. A debrid account (email plus card at Real-Debrid, TorBox or similar) is required only for cached playback.","country":"None"},"reliability_note":"Shared instance: rate limits, and the vendor states 'Shared instances can't stream Usenet'. A 403 was returned for an unconfigured /stream/ call, so the bare default path is not usable without building a config first.","confidence":"documented","confidence_note":"The manifest was fetched and an unconfigured stream call was made and returned 403; the configure page was read. What was not measured is a full configured stream with a real debrid key, which needs a paid account. Downgraded from measured: no probe record with status, bytes and digest exists.","evidence":[{"url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/manifest.json","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"HTTP 200, 549 bytes of JSON: id comet.elfhosted.com, version 2.0.0, 'Stremio's fastest torrent/debrid search add-on', behaviorHints.configurationRequired=false"},{"url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/stream/movie/tt1254207.json","date":"2026-10-23","proved":null},{"url":"https://comet.elfhosted.com/configure","date":"2026-10-23","proved":"'This is the public instance of Comet, sponsored by ElfHosted ... Reasonable rate limits apply', the debrid field, and 'Try it for $1, 7 days, cancel anytime. ($9/mo after.)'"}],"verdict":"qualifies-with-caveat","verified_at":"2026-10-23T02:28:11.000Z","price_per_tb_month":"USD 0","notes":"Comet is the strongest free front-door found that is still alive: manifest served, configure page live, no account. Its two failures are the 403 on the unconfigured path and the absence of any way to stream peer-to-peer from a browser, which pushes the client back to a debrid key.","extras":{"endpoint":"https://comet.elfhosted.com","paid_upgrade":"https://store.elfhosted.com/product/comet/ - USD 9/month, 7-day trial at USD 1","proxy":"paid variants bundle MediaFlow-Proxy on the vendor IP"}},"claims":[{"path":"$.free_tier.stated","kind":"free-quota","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.limits[0].value","kind":"limit:request-rate","num":null,"unit":null,"per":null,"currency":null,"usd":null,"fx_date":null,"parse":"unparsed"},{"path":"$.price_per_tb_month","kind":"price-per-tb","num":0,"unit":"TB","per":"month","currency":"USD","usd":0,"fx_date":null,"parse":"ok"}],"unknown":[["$.evidence[1].proved","withheld"]],"history":[],"drift":[]}