CosmoAbdon / ani-cli

A cli tool to browse and play anime

A cli to browse and watch anime. This tool scrapes the site gogoanime.

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Table of Contents

• Install
  • Arch
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Android
• Uninstall
• Dependencies
• Contribution Guidelines
• Disclaimer

Install

Arch

Also consider ani-cli-git

yay -S ani-cli

Linux

Install dependencies (See below)

git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli && cd ani-cli
sudo cp ani-cli /usr/local/bin/ani-cli

Note that mpv installed through flatpak is not compatible

Mac

Install homebrew (Guide)

brew tap iamchokerman/ani-cli
brew install ani-cli

If you are upgrading from the old manual install process, you may have to remove the old ani-cli by running sudo rm /usr/local/bin/ani-cli

Windows

Note that the installation instruction below must be done inside Powershell as administrator, not in Command Prompt

Install scoop (Guide)

scoop bucket add extras
mkdir -p "$env:USERPROFILE/.cache"
scoop install ani-cli -g

Make sure git bash is installed (Install)

Run ani-cli in Git Bash (Running it in cmd or powershell may or may not work)

Android

Install termux (Guide)

pkg install git termux-tools ncurses-utils openssl-tool -y
git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli && cd ani-cli
cp ani-cli $PREFIX/bin/ani-cli
echo 'am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "$2" -n is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity' > $PREFIX/bin/mpv
chmod +x $PREFIX/bin/mpv

Install mpv-android (Link)

Add referrer="https://gogoanime.fi" to mpv.conf (Open mpv app, goto three dots top right->Settings->Advanced-->Edit mpv.conf)

Note: VLC android doesn't support referrer option. So it will not work

Uninstall

• Arch Linux: yay -R ani-cli
• Other Linux: Just remove the thing from path
• Mac: brew uninstall ani-cli
• Windows: scoop uninstall ani-cli
• Android: Just remove the thing from path

Dependencies

• grep
• sed
• curl
• openssl
• mpv - Video Player
• aria2 - Download manager
• ffmpeg - m3u8 Downloader