pystardust/ani-cli
A cli tool to browse and play anime observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
97/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 10.5
- age_days: 1911
- days_rel: 32
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 7
Adoption not part of the score
13602 stars · 868 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
ani-cli is a POSIX shell script CLI tool for browsing and watching anime from the terminal, scraping the anidb site and playing videos via external players. It supports watching alone or synced with friends via Syncplay across Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and Steam Deck.
Use cases
- watch anime from the terminal
- browse and play anime episodes in a cli
- stream anime on linux without a browser
- watch anime together with friends synced
- play anime on android with termux
- scrape anime episode links from the command line
When to choose
- you prefer terminal-based media consumption
- you want a lightweight, dependency-light anime player
- you need cross-platform support including termux and steam deck
- you want synced group watching via syncplay
When to avoid
- you want a legal licensed streaming service
- you need a GUI browsing experience
- you rely on a single scraping source staying up (sites change/blocks break it)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
cli web-scraping video-processing search-engine entertainment media crawlers windows cli cross-platform anime shell-script posix fzf rofi syncplay termux steamdeck video-streaming media-player command-line linux macos android ios
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli · fetched 2026-08-28 · c1bcfcb19185
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pystardust/ani-cli | main | 97 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pystardust/ani-cli")
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