diff --git a/addon/default.py b/addon/default.py
index de87cb8..0584aac 100644
--- a/addon/default.py
+++ b/addon/default.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import re
 import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import ModuleType
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlencode
@@ -401,6 +402,27 @@ def _get_setting_bool(setting_id: str, *, default: bool = False) -> bool:
     return default
 
 
+def _set_setting_string(setting_id: str, value: str) -> None:
+    if xbmcaddon is None:
+        return
+    addon = _get_addon()
+    if addon is None:
+        return
+    setter = getattr(addon, "setSettingString", None)
+    if callable(setter):
+        try:
+            setter(setting_id, str(value))
+            return
+        except TypeError:
+            return
+    setter = getattr(addon, "setSetting", None)
+    if callable(setter):
+        try:
+            setter(setting_id, str(value))
+        except TypeError:
+            return
+
+
 def _apply_video_info(item, info_labels: dict[str, object] | None, cast: list[TmdbCastMember] | None) -> None:
     """Setzt Metadaten bevorzugt via InfoTagVideo (Kodi v20+), mit Fallback auf deprecated APIs."""
 
@@ -883,6 +905,84 @@ def _add_directory_item(
     xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle=handle, url=url, listitem=item, isFolder=is_folder)
 
 
+def _plugin_version(plugin: BasisPlugin) -> str:
+    raw = getattr(plugin, "version", "0.0.0")
+    text = str(raw or "").strip()
+    return text or "0.0.0"
+
+
+def _normalize_update_info_url(raw: str) -> str:
+    value = str(raw or "").strip()
+    default = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/repo/addons.xml"
+    if not value:
+        return default
+    if value.endswith("/addons.xml"):
+        return value
+    return value.rstrip("/") + "/addons.xml"
+
+
+def _repo_addon_xml_path() -> str:
+    if xbmcvfs is None:
+        return ""
+    try:
+        return xbmcvfs.translatePath("special://home/addons/repository.viewit/addon.xml")
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
+
+def _update_repository_source(info_url: str) -> bool:
+    path = _repo_addon_xml_path()
+    if not path:
+        return False
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        return False
+    try:
+        tree = ET.parse(path)
+        root = tree.getroot()
+        dir_node = root.find(".//dir")
+        if dir_node is None:
+            return False
+        info = dir_node.find("info")
+        checksum = dir_node.find("checksum")
+        datadir = dir_node.find("datadir")
+        if info is None or checksum is None or datadir is None:
+            return False
+        base = info_url[: -len("/addons.xml")] if info_url.endswith("/addons.xml") else info_url.rstrip("/")
+        info.text = info_url
+        checksum.text = f"{base}/addons.xml.md5"
+        datadir.text = f"{base}/"
+        tree.write(path, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)
+        return True
+    except Exception as exc:
+        _log(f"Repository-URL konnte nicht gesetzt werden: {exc}", xbmc.LOGWARNING)
+        return False
+
+
+def _sync_update_version_settings() -> None:
+    addon = _get_addon()
+    addon_version = "0.0.0"
+    if addon is not None:
+        try:
+            addon_version = str(addon.getAddonInfo("version") or "0.0.0")
+        except Exception:
+            addon_version = "0.0.0"
+    _set_setting_string("update_version_addon", addon_version)
+
+    versions = {
+        "update_version_serienstream": "-",
+        "update_version_aniworld": "-",
+        "update_version_einschalten": "-",
+        "update_version_topstreamfilm": "-",
+        "update_version_filmpalast": "-",
+    }
+    for plugin in _discover_plugins().values():
+        key = f"update_version_{str(plugin.name).strip().lower()}"
+        if key in versions:
+            versions[key] = _plugin_version(plugin)
+    for key, value in versions.items():
+        _set_setting_string(key, value)
+
+
 def _show_root_menu() -> None:
     handle = _get_handle()
     _log("Root-Menue wird angezeigt.")
@@ -890,8 +990,7 @@ def _show_root_menu() -> None:
 
     plugins = _discover_plugins()
     for plugin_name in sorted(plugins.keys(), key=lambda value: value.casefold()):
-        display = f"{plugin_name}"
-        _add_directory_item(handle, display, "plugin_menu", {"plugin": plugin_name}, is_folder=True)
+        _add_directory_item(handle, plugin_name, "plugin_menu", {"plugin": plugin_name}, is_folder=True)
 
     _add_directory_item(handle, "Einstellungen", "settings")
     xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(handle)
@@ -2245,10 +2344,34 @@ def _open_settings() -> None:
     """Oeffnet das Kodi-Addon-Settings-Dialog."""
     if xbmcaddon is None:  # pragma: no cover - outside Kodi
         raise RuntimeError("xbmcaddon ist nicht verfuegbar (KodiStub).")
+    _sync_update_version_settings()
     addon = xbmcaddon.Addon()
     addon.openSettings()
 
 
+def _run_update_check() -> None:
+    """Stoesst Kodi-Repo- und Addon-Updates an und informiert den Benutzer."""
+    if xbmc is None:  # pragma: no cover - outside Kodi
+        return
+    try:
+        info_url = _normalize_update_info_url(_get_setting_string("update_repo_url"))
+        _set_setting_string("update_repo_url", info_url)
+        _sync_update_version_settings()
+        _update_repository_source(info_url)
+        builtin = getattr(xbmc, "executebuiltin", None)
+        if callable(builtin):
+            builtin("UpdateAddonRepos")
+            builtin("UpdateLocalAddons")
+            builtin("ActivateWindow(addonbrowser,addons://updates/)")
+        xbmcgui.Dialog().notification("ViewIT Update", "Update-Pruefung gestartet.", xbmcgui.NOTIFICATION_INFO, 4000)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        _log(f"Update-Pruefung fehlgeschlagen: {exc}", xbmc.LOGWARNING)
+        try:
+            xbmcgui.Dialog().notification("ViewIT Update", "Update-Pruefung fehlgeschlagen.", xbmcgui.NOTIFICATION_ERROR, 4000)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
 def _extract_first_int(value: str) -> int | None:
     match = re.search(r"(\d+)", value or "")
     if not match:
@@ -2599,6 +2722,8 @@ def run() -> None:
         )
     elif action == "settings":
         _open_settings()
+    elif action == "check_updates":
+        _run_update_check()
     elif action == "seasons":
         _show_seasons(params.get("plugin", ""), params.get("title", ""), params.get("series_url", ""))
     elif action == "episodes":
diff --git a/addon/plugin_interface.py b/addon/plugin_interface.py
index a8b5b37..f8c266d 100644
--- a/addon/plugin_interface.py
+++ b/addon/plugin_interface.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class BasisPlugin(ABC):
     """Abstrakte Basisklasse fuer alle Integrationen."""
 
     name: str
+    version: str = "0.0.0"
 
     @abstractmethod
     async def search_titles(self, query: str) -> List[str]:
diff --git a/addon/plugins/aniworld_plugin.py b/addon/plugins/aniworld_plugin.py
index 9749478..7271a7a 100644
--- a/addon/plugins/aniworld_plugin.py
+++ b/addon/plugins/aniworld_plugin.py
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ def search_animes(query: str) -> List[SeriesResult]:
 
 class AniworldPlugin(BasisPlugin):
     name = "Aniworld"
+    version = "1.0.0"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._anime_results: Dict[str, SeriesResult] = {}
diff --git a/addon/plugins/einschalten_plugin.py b/addon/plugins/einschalten_plugin.py
index 32f1562..62f35b5 100644
--- a/addon/plugins/einschalten_plugin.py
+++ b/addon/plugins/einschalten_plugin.py
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ class EinschaltenPlugin(BasisPlugin):
     """Metadata-Plugin für eine autorisierte Quelle."""
 
     name = "Einschalten"
+    version = "1.0.0"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.is_available = REQUESTS_AVAILABLE
diff --git a/addon/plugins/filmpalast_plugin.py b/addon/plugins/filmpalast_plugin.py
index 958907f..19097ee 100644
--- a/addon/plugins/filmpalast_plugin.py
+++ b/addon/plugins/filmpalast_plugin.py
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ def _get_soup(url: str, *, session: Optional[RequestsSession] = None) -> Beautif
 
 class FilmpalastPlugin(BasisPlugin):
     name = "Filmpalast"
+    version = "1.0.0"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._title_to_url: Dict[str, str] = {}
diff --git a/addon/plugins/serienstream_plugin.py b/addon/plugins/serienstream_plugin.py
index c8dfa13..d2f67f3 100644
--- a/addon/plugins/serienstream_plugin.py
+++ b/addon/plugins/serienstream_plugin.py
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ class SerienstreamPlugin(BasisPlugin):
     """Downloader-Plugin, das Serien von s.to ueber requests/bs4 bereitstellt."""
 
     name = "Serienstream"
+    version = "1.0.0"
     POPULAR_GENRE_LABEL = "⭐ Beliebte Serien"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
diff --git a/addon/plugins/topstreamfilm_plugin.py b/addon/plugins/topstreamfilm_plugin.py
index 469dff3..97c9e4b 100644
--- a/addon/plugins/topstreamfilm_plugin.py
+++ b/addon/plugins/topstreamfilm_plugin.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class TopstreamfilmPlugin(BasisPlugin):
     """Integration fuer eine HTML-basierte Suchseite."""
 
     name = "Topstreamfilm"
+    version = "1.0.0"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._session: RequestsSession | None = None
diff --git a/addon/resources/settings.xml b/addon/resources/settings.xml
index 1dc863a..90fa06b 100644
--- a/addon/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/addon/resources/settings.xml
@@ -61,4 +61,15 @@
     <setting id="tmdb_log_requests" type="bool" label="TMDB API Requests loggen" default="false" />
     <setting id="tmdb_log_responses" type="bool" label="TMDB API Antworten loggen" default="false" />
   </category>
+  <category label="Update">
+    <setting id="update_repo_url" type="text" label="Update-URL (addons.xml)" default="http://127.0.0.1:8080/repo/addons.xml" />
+    <setting id="run_update_check" type="action" label="Jetzt auf Updates pruefen" action="RunPlugin(plugin://plugin.video.viewit/?action=check_updates)" option="close" />
+    <setting id="update_info" type="text" label="Kodi-Repository-Updates werden ueber den Kodi-Update-Mechanismus verarbeitet." default="" enable="false" />
+    <setting id="update_version_addon" type="text" label="ViewIT Addon Version" default="-" enable="false" />
+    <setting id="update_version_serienstream" type="text" label="Serienstream Plugin Version" default="-" enable="false" />
+    <setting id="update_version_aniworld" type="text" label="Aniworld Plugin Version" default="-" enable="false" />
+    <setting id="update_version_einschalten" type="text" label="Einschalten Plugin Version" default="-" enable="false" />
+    <setting id="update_version_topstreamfilm" type="text" label="Topstreamfilm Plugin Version" default="-" enable="false" />
+    <setting id="update_version_filmpalast" type="text" label="Filmpalast Plugin Version" default="-" enable="false" />
+  </category>
 </settings>