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AnimechanOrg/animechan

Issue tracker for Animechan, the anime quotes API. Source code is private. observed · 2026-10-07

github.com/AnimechanOrg/animechan · homepage · TypeScript · MPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-10-07

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2419
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 15
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1445 stars · 74 forks observed · 2026-10-07

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Animechan is a REST API service that serves anime quotes, character details, and series information from a curated collection of thousands of anime. It offers free keyless access with rate limits and a paid Premium tier with higher throughput.

Use cases

  • get a random anime quote for my app
  • fetch quotes by anime title
  • get quotes from a specific character
  • look up anime episode counts and summaries
  • build an anime quote bot or website
  • search anime quotes via an API

When to choose

  • you need anime quotes or metadata via a simple REST API
  • you want a free, no-signup API for light usage
  • you need filtering by anime or character

When to avoid

  • you need high request volumes without paying
  • you need self-hosted data dumps rather than an API
  • you need non-anime quote sources

Facets

service · maturity active

api-framework http-server search-engine apis entertainment web-development self-hosted anime-quotes rest-api quotes-api rate-limited free-tier anime web-server nodejs

5 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
AnimechanOrg/animechanmain67

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