> ## Documentation Index
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# Lite vs Standard

> When to use Lite templates and what they leave out.

## The one-line answer

Use Standard. Switch to Lite only if you're consistently getting fewer than 5–6 results on mainstream, recently-released content.

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## What Lite removes

Standard templates include a set of quality-gate ESEs that Lite drops. These are the ones removed:

| ESE removed in Lite         | What it does in Standard                                              |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| G's Low Bitrate             | Excludes streams below a live-computed bitrate floor for that title   |
| Low Seeders                 | Excludes torrents with fewer than 3 seeders                           |
| Upscaled 4K                 | Excludes AI-upscaled 4K that isn't native UHD                         |
| Bad 4K BluRay               | Excludes 4K Blu-ray encodes from known poor-quality groups            |
| Bad 1080p BluRay            | Same for 1080p                                                        |
| Bad Dual Audio Groups       | Excludes groups known for poor dual-audio encodes                     |
| Indexer Diversity           | Caps results per scraper to prevent one addon flooding the list       |
| Low SEL Score               | Removes streams that scored in the bottom tier across all expressions |
| Extra SeaDex                | Hides excess SeaDex results beyond the best alternative               |
| Extra Cached HQ / LQ limits | Caps the number of cached results per quality tier                    |
| Extra Uncached limit        | Caps uncached results                                                 |
| Per-Addon Flood Guard       | Caps each scraper at its individual flood limit                       |

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## What Lite keeps

Safety filters remain active in Lite: CAM/SCR exclusion, YouTube and external stream blocking, foreign language filtering, resolution enforcement (1080p templates still block 4K), bad NZB filtering, and regex scoring. Episode packs use the same availability-safe fallback policy as Standard: they are hidden only when three playable standalone episode streams remain.

<Note>
  Lite is not a lower-quality mode — it is a less restrictive filter mode. The regex scoring, sort order, and PSE ranking logic are identical to Standard.
</Note>

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## When to use Lite

* You're getting 0–3 results on popular mainstream movies
* You're on a low-overhead AIOStreams host with limited compute
* The content you watch is mostly older or niche where quality metadata is sparse
* You're on a host like fortheweak where resources are more constrained

## When to stay on Standard

* You're getting 5+ results on most content
* You want to avoid upscaled or low-bitrate streams appearing
* You're on ElfHosted or self-hosted (no resource constraints)

<Tip>
  If you switch to Lite and immediately get many more results, that means Standard was working correctly — your library of content just has sparse metadata. You can stay on Lite if the result quality feels acceptable.
</Tip>

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## Available Lite templates

All Lite templates share the same PSE logic and sort criteria as their Standard counterparts. Import via **Template → Import** in AIOStreams.

| Template                         | Raw import URL                                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Core Nexus Stream Lite           | [core-nexus-stream-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Single/core-nexus-stream-lite.json)                     |
| Core Nexus Stream Firestick Lite | [core-nexus-stream-firestick-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Single/core-nexus-stream-firestick-lite.json) |
| Core Nexus 4K Essential Lite     | [core-nexus-4k-essential-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Essential/core-nexus-4k-essential-lite.json)      |
| Core Nexus Essential Lite        | [core-nexus-essential-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Essential/core-nexus-essential-lite.json)            |
| Core Nexus 4K AllDebrid Lite     | [core-nexus-4k-alldebrid-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/AllDebrid/core-nexus-4k-alldebrid-lite.json)      |
| Core Nexus AllDebrid Lite        | [core-nexus-alldebrid-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/AllDebrid/core-nexus-alldebrid-lite.json)            |
| Core Nexus Hybrid Lite           | [core-nexus-hybrid-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Hybrid/core-nexus-hybrid-lite.json)                     |
| Core Nexus Speed 4K Lite         | [core-nexus-speed-4k-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Speed/TorBox/core-nexus-speed-4k-lite.json)           |
| Core Nexus Speed Lite            | [core-nexus-speed-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Speed/TorBox/core-nexus-speed-lite.json)                 |
| Core Nexus Anime 4K Lite         | [core-nexus-anime-4k-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Anime/core-nexus-anime-4k-lite.json)                  |
| Core Nexus Anime Lite            | [core-nexus-anime-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Anime/core-nexus-anime-lite.json)                        |
| Core Nexus Anime Dub Lite        | [core-nexus-anime-dub-lite.json](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brevityA/Core-Builds/refs/heads/main/Templates/Torbox/Anime/core-nexus-anime-dub-lite.json)                |