• Fixing errors
• Install
  • Arch
  • Linux & Mac OS
  • Windows
  • Android
• Uninstall
• Dependencies
• Homies
• Contribution Guidelines
• Disclaimer

if you encounter "Video url not found" or any breaking issue, then make sure you are on latest version by typing sudo ani-cli -U to update on linux, mac and android. On windows, run gitbash as administrator then there type ani-cli -U. If after this the issue persists then open an issue.
If you see sed warnings or your history entries have disappeared after updating, then update your history file with the history transition script.

curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pystardust/ani-cli/master/hist_transition.sh" | sh

It doesn't work for all anime, but the ones it can't find will print out alongside their episode numbers. In the end clean up: rm -rf ./ani-cli

Also consider ani-cli-git

yay -S ani-cli

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

To install (with Homebrew) the dependencies required on Mac OS, you can run:

brew install curl grep aria2 mpv openssl@1.1 ffmpeg git

Note that the installation instruction below must be done inside Powershell as administrator, not in Command Prompt

Install scoop (Guide)

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

Make sure git bash is installed (Install)

Exit Powershell, then in Git Bash, run

echo "export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Run ani-cli in Git Bash (Running it in cmd or powershell may or may not work)

Install termux (Guide)

pkg update
pkg install git termux-tools ncurses-utils openssl-tool ffmpeg -y
git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ani-cli && cd ani-cli
cp ani-cli $PREFIX/bin/ani-cli
echo 'am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "$1" -n is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity' > $PREFIX/bin/mpv
chmod +x $PREFIX/bin/mpv

Install mpv-android (Link)

Add referrer="https://gogoplay5.com" to mpv.conf (Open mpv app, goto three dots top right->Settings->Advanced-->Edit mpv.conf)

Note: VLC android doesn't support referrer option. So it will not work

• 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

• grep
• sed
• curl
• openssl
• mpv - Video Player
• aria2 - Download manager
• ffmpeg - m3u8 Downloader

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