diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 846037a8fe..7b9bf5bef4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ packages/mediacenter/
 packages/linux-driver-addons/
 
 # Kodi addons (no MEDIACENTER in ArchR)
-packages/addons/
+# Kodi addons (no MEDIACENTER in ArchR) - keep addon-depends for shared libraries
+packages/addons/*
+!packages/addons/addon-depends/
 
 # Platform-specific bootloaders/tools (not RK3326)
 packages/tools/bcm2835-bootloader/
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/atk/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/atk/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d0d3b217e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/atk/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="atk"
+PKG_VERSION="2.38.0"
+PKG_SHA256="ac4de2a4ef4bd5665052952fe169657e65e895c5057dffb3c2a810f6191a0c36"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://library.gnome.org/devel/atk/"
+PKG_URL="https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/atk/${PKG_VERSION:0:4}/atk-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain glib"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Provides the set of accessibility interfaces that are implemented by other applications."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
+
+PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Ddocs=false \
+                       -Dintrospection=false"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/cups/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/cups/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e94eda9f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/cups/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Escalade
+# Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="cups"
+PKG_VERSION="2.4.12"
+PKG_SHA256="7a4d32822b320aa2999b18fdfc4ce5ca9ad204fe6302ff69e6c24b21f8d0eaa0"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.cups.org"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/openprinting/cups/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain gnutls zlib"
+PKG_LONGDESC="CUPS printing system."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic -sysroot"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--libdir=/usr/lib \
+                           --disable-gssapi \
+                           --with-dnssd=no \
+                           --with-tls=gnutls
+                           --disable-unit-tests"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  cd ..
+  rm -rf .${TARGET_NAME}
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  make BUILDROOT="${INSTALL}" install
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/faad2/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/faad2/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eceb47976c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/faad2/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="faad2"
+PKG_VERSION="2.11.2"
+PKG_SHA256="3fcbd305e4abd34768c62050e18ca0986f7d9c5eca343fb98275418013065c0e"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/knik0/faad2/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/knik0/faad2/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="An MPEG-4 AAC decoder."
+
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/bin
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x264/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x264/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d2c5d816f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x264/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="x264"
+PKG_VERSION="ff620d0c3c4f717ab393892983d43458d27e4bed"
+PKG_SHA256="c6945fe9c3cdd7b0d2f89250ae696a51db59e3506af4d28d03616c9edd1e519b"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html"
+PKG_URL="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/archive/${PKG_VERSION}/x264-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="x264 codec"
+
+if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" nasm:host"
+fi
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  cd ${PKG_BUILD}
+  rm -rf .${TARGET_NAME}
+
+  if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+    export AS="${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/nasm"
+  else
+    PKG_X264_ASM="--disable-asm"
+  fi
+}
+
+configure_target() {
+  ./configure \
+    --cross-prefix="${TARGET_PREFIX}" \
+    --extra-cflags="${CFLAGS}" \
+    --extra-ldflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
+    --host="${TARGET_NAME}" \
+    --prefix="/usr" \
+    --sysroot="${SYSROOT_PREFIX}" \
+    ${PKG_X264_ASM} \
+    --disable-cli \
+    --enable-lto \
+    --enable-pic \
+    --enable-static \
+    --enable-strip
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..129a7973b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/ffmpegx-depends/x265/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="x265"
+PKG_VERSION="4.1"
+PKG_SHA256="53c9363dba429eab3123ffcfda28065c5e7a8b5e21efa0a5f23bc5b89340d390"
+PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://www.videolan.org/developers/x265.html"
+PKG_URL="https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265_git/get/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="x265 is a H.265/HEVC video encoder application library"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="make"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  LDFLAGS+=" -ldl"
+  ${CMAKE} -G "Unix Makefiles" ./source
+}
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/hidapi/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/hidapi/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa03c4b281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/hidapi/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2023-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="hidapi"
+PKG_VERSION="0.15.0"
+PKG_SHA256="5d84dec684c27b97b921d2f3b73218cb773cf4ea915caee317ac8fc73cef8136"
+PKG_LICENSE="HIDAPI-orig"
+PKG_SITE="http://libusb.info/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/archive/refs/tags/hidapi-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libusb"
+PKG_LONGDESC="HIDAPI is a multi-platform library which allows an application to interface with USB and Bluetooth HID-Class devices."
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/polkit/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/polkit/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ac6e078a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/polkit/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# Copyright (C) 2023-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="polkit"
+PKG_VERSION="126"
+PKG_SHA256="2814a7281989f6baa9e57bd33bbc5e148827e2721ccef22aaf28ab2b376068e8"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://polkit.pages.freedesktop.org/polkit"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/polkit-org/polkit/archive/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain expat glib systemd"
+PKG_LONGDESC="polkit provides an authorization API intended to be used by privileged programs offering service to unprivileged programs"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
+
+PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dauthfw=shadow \
+                       -Dsession_tracking=logind \
+                       -Dlibs-only=true \
+                       -Dintrospection=false"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9810f94583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/depends/oniguruma/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2019-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="oniguruma"
+PKG_VERSION="6.9.10"
+PKG_SHA256="2a5cfc5ae259e4e97f86b68dfffc152cdaffe94e2060b770cb827238d769fc05"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v${PKG_VERSION}/onig-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_LONGDESC="A regular expression library"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18718ff860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/jq/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="jq"
+PKG_VERSION="1.8.1"
+PKG_SHA256="2be64e7129cecb11d5906290eba10af694fb9e3e7f9fc208a311dc33ca837eb0"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="https://jqlang.github.io/jq/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain oniguruma"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Command-line JSON processor"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared \
+                           --enable-static \
+                           --disable-docs \
+                           --disable-maintainer-mode \
+                           --disable-valgrind"
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/compat/box86/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/compat/box86/package.mk
index e4c9eafdee..4d32d1157e 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/compat/box86/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/compat/box86/package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PKG_VERSION="0579f8b9c47d87d700724f4cce559b06cbd2b0f5"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86"
 PKG_URL="${PKG_SITE}.git"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses SDL2 libXdmcp libXft libXcomposite cups libogg"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses SDL2 libXdmcp libXft libXcomposite libogg"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Box86 lets you run x86 Linux programs (such as games) on non-x86 Linux systems, like ARM."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
 
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/graphics/gtk3/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/graphics/gtk3/package.mk
index d8fe044868..4a3d2ef9bb 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/graphics/gtk3/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/graphics/gtk3/package.mk
@@ -1,13 +1,39 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (C) 2024-present ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Escalade
+# Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2026 ArchR (standalone - original sourced from packages/addons/)
 
-. ${ROOT}/packages/addons/addon-depends/chrome-depends/gtk3/package.mk
+PKG_NAME="gtk3"
+PKG_VERSION="3.24.42"
+PKG_SHA256="50f89f615092d4dd01bbd759719f8bd380e5f149f6fd78a94725e2de112377e2"
+PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://www.gtk.org/"
+PKG_URL="https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/${PKG_VERSION:0:4}/gtk+-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain at-spi2-atk atk cairo gdk-pixbuf glib libX11 libXi libXrandr libepoxy pango libxkbcommon wayland wayland-protocols libpng tiff libjpeg-turbo libffi glew"
+PKG_DEPENDS_CONFIG="libXft pango gdk-pixbuf shared-mime-info"
+PKG_LONGDESC="A library for creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window System."
 
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain at-spi2-atk atk cairo gdk-pixbuf glib libX11 libXi libXrandr libepoxy pango libxkbcommon wayland wayland-protocols libepoxy libpng tiff libjpeg-turbo libffi glew"
+PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Dbroadway_backend=false \
+                       -Dcloudproviders=false \
+                       -Dcolord=no \
+                       -Ddemos=false \
+                       -Dexamples=false \
+                       -Dgtk_doc=false \
+                       -Dintrospection=false \
+                       -Dman=false \
+                       -Dprint_backends=file,lpr \
+                       -Dquartz_backend=false \
+                       -Dtests=false \
+                       -Dwayland_backend=true \
+                       -Dwin32_backend=false \
+                       -Dxinerama=no \
+                       -Dbuiltin_immodules=yes \
+                       -Dx11_backend=true"
 
-unset PKG_BUILD_FLAGS
-
-PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="${PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET/-Dwayland_backend=false/-Dwayland_backend=true}"
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${TOOLCHAIN}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+  export GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES=glib-compile-resources GLIB_MKENUMS=glib-mkenums GLIB_GENMARSHAL=glib-genmarshal
+}
 
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/glib-compile-schemas ${INSTALL}/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/btrfs-progs/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/btrfs-progs/package.mk
index b9a1c45639..73d1d8bc16 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/btrfs-progs/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/btrfs-progs/package.mk
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (C) 2024-present ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
-
-. ${ROOT}/packages/addons/tools/btrfs-progs/package.mk
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2026 ArchR (standalone - original sourced from packages/addons/)
 
+PKG_NAME="btrfs-progs"
+PKG_VERSION="6.14"
+PKG_SHA256="5a85b791f0f32a4994e864ac4cb7abccce08e56db3010a1855ad0edeebc70b4c"
 PKG_ARCH="aarch64"
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET+=" --disable-zstd"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain util-linux zlib systemd lzo"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Tools for the btrfs filesystem"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-backtrace \
+                           --disable-convert \
+                           --disable-documentation \
+                           --disable-python \
+                           --disable-zstd"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  ./autogen.sh
+}
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/sbin
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/usb-modeswitch/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/usb-modeswitch/package.mk
index 52e7984d8f..b3f292654c 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/usb-modeswitch/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/sysutils/usb-modeswitch/package.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2024-present ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2026 ArchR (standalone - original sourced from packages/addons/)
 
-. ${ROOT}/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/usb-modeswitch/package.mk
-
-unset PKG_BUILD_FLAGS
+PKG_NAME="usb-modeswitch"
+PKG_VERSION="2.6.2"
+PKG_SHA256="f7abd337784a9d1bd39cb8a587518aff6f2a43d916145eafd80b1b8b7146db66"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/"
+PKG_URL="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libusb"
+PKG_LONGDESC="USB_ModeSwitch - Handling Mode-Switching USB Devices on Linux"
diff --git a/projects/ArchR/packages/tools/sound/mpg123/package.mk b/projects/ArchR/packages/tools/sound/mpg123/package.mk
index 602b41a20c..384d839b77 100644
--- a/projects/ArchR/packages/tools/sound/mpg123/package.mk
+++ b/projects/ArchR/packages/tools/sound/mpg123/package.mk
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (C) 2024-present ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
+# Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+# Copyright (C) 2026 ArchR (https://github.com/archr-linux/Arch-R)
+# Standalone: original sourced from packages/addons/ which is gitignored
 
-. ${ROOT}/packages/addons/addon-depends/multimedia-tools-depends/mpg123/package.mk
-
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" SDL2 openal-soft"
+PKG_NAME="mpg123"
+PKG_VERSION="1.33.0"
+PKG_SHA256="2290e3aede6f4d163e1a17452165af33caad4b5f0948f99429cfa2d8385faa9d"
+PKG_LICENSE="LGPLv2"
+PKG_SITE="https://www.mpg123.org/"
+PKG_URL="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/mpg123/mpg123-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib SDL2 openal-soft"
+PKG_LONGDESC="A console based real time MPEG Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
-if [ "${PIPEWIRE}" = yes ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="${PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET} pipewire"
-  PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="${PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET} --with-default-audio=pulse --with-audio=pulse"
+if [ "${PIPEWIRE_SUPPORT}" = "yes" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" pipewire"
 fi
-
-unset PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET