# manami-project/anime-offline-database

A JSON based anime dataset containing the most important meta data as well as cross references to various anime sites such as MAL, ANIDB, ANILIST, KITSU and more...

Repository: https://github.com/manami-project/anime-offline-database
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anime-offline-database
Language: Makefile
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: anime, database, metadata, mal, anidb, myanimelist, kitsu, kitsu-io, json, anilist, series, movies, anime-planet, anime-db, dataset, anisearch, livechartme, simkl, livechart
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-07-04T15:39:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 91, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3268, "days_push": 60, "days_rel": 60, "gap_med": 8, "n_releases_24m": 36}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1325, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.599290+00:00)

## What it is
A JSON-based offline anime metadata dataset aggregating entries from multiple providers like MyAnimeList, AniDB, AniList, Kitsu, and more, with cross-references between them. It is updated weekly and distributed via GitHub releases with minified and zstd-compressed variants plus a JSON schema.

## Use cases
- build an anime recommendation or tracking app without scraping
- cross-reference anime IDs between MAL, AniList, Kitsu and other sites
- deduplicate anime entries across multiple metadata providers
- analyze anime metadata statistics offline
- map dead entries to live ones when migrating a user library between services

## When to choose
- you need a large, regularly updated anime metadata dataset with cross-provider ID mapping
- you want offline access to anime metadata without hitting provider APIs
- you need a schema-validated JSON dataset for tooling

## When to avoid
- you need real-time data like current airing schedules or user scores updated hourly
- you need episode-level or streaming data rather than series-level metadata
- you need a queryable database service rather than static JSON files

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: database, json, data-generation
- domain: databases, media, apis
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: anime-metadata, cross-referencing, myanimelist, anilist, kitsu, anidb, json-dataset, weekly-updates, anime

## Member repositories
- manami-project/anime-offline-database (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.599290+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:46:35.122248+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/manami-project/anime-offline-database (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.599290+00:00, sha e2aa99af3f60)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.