# viu-media/viu

Your browser anime experience from the terminal

Repository: https://github.com/viu-media/viu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/viu-media-viu
Language: Python
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: anime, application, python, anilist, api, cli, click, rich, anime-scraper, scraping, fastanime
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-05-09T11:09:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 83, longevity 59
- inputs: {"age_days": 828, "days_push": 116, "days_rel": 119, "gap_med": 0.5, "n_releases_24m": 55}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1079, forks 84 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.004208+00:00)

## What it is
Viu is a terminal-based anime client that provides a rich TUI for browsing, searching, and managing your AniList library, along with streaming and downloading capabilities via scraping public-facing websites. It also offers a scriptable CLI for non-interactive automation of streaming and downloading.

## Use cases
- watch anime from the terminal
- search and filter the AniList database by genre, year, or score
- manage my AniList library in a TUI
- queue anime episodes for background download
- script non-interactive anime downloads
- browse anime with rofi or fzf selectors
- keep a local offline database of my anime list

## When to choose
- you want to stream or download anime without leaving the terminal
- you want a fast, scriptable CLI around AniList and Jikan APIs
- you use rofi/fzf-centric Linux workflows and want tight integration
- you want a local registry of anime data for offline stats

## When to avoid
- you need a legal, licensed streaming service with official content hosting
- you want a GUI video player experience rather than a terminal interface
- you are uncomfortable with tools that scrape third-party streaming sites
- you need a cross-platform mobile or web app

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, web-scraping, search-engine, gui, terminal-ui
- domain: media, entertainment, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, python
- tags: anime, anilist, tui, anime-streaming, anime-downloader, scraper, rofi, fzf, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- viu-media/viu (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.004208+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 2026-08-30T06:53:06.759724+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/viu-media/viu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.004208+00:00, sha d1b2d0e96275)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.