anime-termux 1.0.3

A user-friendly anime downloader CLI for Termux — streams from animepahe.pw with real-time search, CF cookie bypass, quality selection, and aria2c segmented downloading.

anime-termux

A user-friendly anime downloader CLI for Termux (Android) and Linux, streaming from animepahe.pw.

Install

pip install anime-termux

Recommended (for fastest downloads):

pkg install aria2   # 16-thread segmented downloading
pkg install ffmpeg  # video merging (usually pre-installed with yt-dlp)

Usage

# Interactive mode — search, pick, download
anime

# Custom download directory
anime --dir=/sdcard/MyAnime
anime --dir=/storage/external/Anime

# Refresh Cloudflare cookie (auto-extract or manual wizard)
anime --setup

Cloudflare bypass

AnimePahe sits behind Cloudflare. anime-termux handles this in two ways:

Automatic (Linux desktop / rooted Android)

On first run the tool tries to read cf_clearance directly from your locally installed Chrome or Chromium browser — no manual steps needed. It also detects your Chrome version and constructs the matching User-Agent automatically.

To unlock automatic decryption, install one of:

pip install cryptography   # recommended
# OR
pip install pycryptodome

Without a crypto library the tool falls back to the manual wizard.

Manual wizard (all platforms)

If auto-extraction fails (e.g. non-rooted Android, or no crypto library installed), the first-run wizard guides you through a one-time copy-paste:

1. Open https://animepahe.pw in Chrome — let the CF check pass.
2. F12 → Application → Cookies → copy cf_clearance value.
3. F12 Console → type navigator.userAgent → copy the string.
4. Paste both into the wizard.

Credentials are saved to ~/.config/anime-termux.json and reused on every subsequent run. Refresh with anime --setup when the cookie expires (usually every 1–7 days).

Features

• Auto CF extraction — reads cf_clearance straight from Chrome on Linux/macOS; falls back to wizard on Android without root
• Real-time search — suggestions appear from the first character you type; Tab to autocomplete
• Quality picker — choose 360p / 480p / 720p / 1080p / best
• Segmented download — aria2c with 16 connections (falls back to yt-dlp 8-fragment mode)
• Episode range — single ep, ranges, comma lists, or all
• Skip existing — already-downloaded episodes are skipped automatically
• Custom directory — anime --dir=/path/to/folder

Output

/sdcard/Anime/{Anime Title}/{Anime Title} - Ep001.mp4

How it works

1. Auto-extracts (or wizard-collects) cf_clearance + User-Agent from Chrome
2. Searches the AnimePahe API with those credentials
3. Shows a live-search prompt — results appear after the first character
4. You pick episode range + quality
5. yt-dlp downloads via kwik.cx extraction with segmented aria2c