A cli to browse and watch anime. This tool scrapes the site gogoanime.

Table of Contents

• Usage
• Install
  • Arch
  • Linux
  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Android
• Uninstall
• Dependencies
• Contribution Guidelines
• Disclaimer

Usage

  ani-cli [-v] [-q <quality>] [-a <episode>] [-d | -p <download_dir>] [<query>]
  ani-cli [-v] [-q <quality>] -c
  ani-cli -h | -D | -U | -V

Options:
  -c continue watching anime from history
  -a specify episode to watch
  -h show helptext
  -d download episode
  -q set video quality (best|worst|360|480|720|1080)
  -v use VLC as the media player
  -D delete history
  -U fetch update from github
  -V print version number and exit

Episode selection:
  Add 'h' on beginning for episodes like '6.5' -> 'h6'

  Multiple episodes can be chosen given a range
    Choose episode [1-13]: 1 6
    This would choose episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6
    To select the last episode use -1

  When selecting non-interactively, the first result will be
  selected, if anime is passed

Install

Arch

Also consider ani-cli-git

yay -S ani-cli

Linux

Install dependencies (See below)

git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli && cd ani-cli
sudo cp ani-cli /usr/local/bin/ani-cli

Note that mpv installed through flatpak is not compatible

Mac

Install homebrew (Guide)

brew tap iamchokerman/ani-cli
brew install ani-cli

Windows

Install scoop (Guide)

scoop bucket add extras
mkdir -p "$env:USERPROFILE/.cache"
scoop install ani-cli

Ani-cli only runs in git bash, not powershell

Android

Install termux (Guide)

pkg install git make termux-tools ncurses-utils openssl-tool -y
git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli && cd ani-cli
cp ani-cli $PREFIX/bin/ani-cli
echo 'termux-open "$2"' > $PREFIX/bin/mpv

Uninstall

• Arch Linux: yay -R ani-cli
• Other Linux: Just remove the thing from path
• Mac: brew uninstall ani-cli
• Windows: scoop uninstall ani-cli
• Android: Just remove the thing from path

Dependencies

• grep
• sed
• curl
• openssl
• mpv - Video Player
• aria2 - Download manager
• diff - Update checking
• patch - Update checking