# AnimechanOrg/animechan

A REST API for anime quotes

Repository: https://github.com/AnimechanOrg/animechan
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/animechan
Homepage: https://animechan.io
Language: TypeScript
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: animeapi, anime, quotes-api, animequote, anime-quotes
Last push: 2026-07-26T21:13:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2371, "days_push": 38, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1436, forks 71 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.628778+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: api-framework, http-server, search-engine
- domain: apis, entertainment, web-development
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: anime-quotes, rest-api, quotes-api, rate-limited, free-tier, anime, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- AnimechanOrg/animechan (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.628778+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 2026-08-30T04:36:45.609863+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/AnimechanOrg/animechan (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.628778+00:00, sha bfec8750cb93)
  - homepage: https://animechan.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:44.307705+00:00, sha c1f878d45bfb)
  - site_page: https://animechan.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:44.317200+00:00, sha 826b5d9a989c)
  - site_page: https://animechan.io/docs/auth (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:44.320961+00:00, sha 18a612baa05b)
  - site_page: https://animechan.io/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:47:44.319064+00:00, sha 919d318a9425)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.