animepahe-dl-tmux 1.4.3

AnimePahe downloader — automatic Cloudflare bypass via system Chrome (nodriver)

AnimePahe Downloader

Downloads anime from animepahe.com with automatic Cloudflare bypass — no cookies to paste, no manual steps.

How It Works

1. First run: opens your system Chrome browser for ~5–10 seconds to solve the Cloudflare challenge automatically
2. Saves the session cookies locally (~/.cache/animepahe-dl-tmux/)
3. All subsequent requests use curl_cffi (Chrome TLS fingerprint) with the cached cookies — no browser opened again
4. If cookies expire (~24 h), the browser re-opens automatically and refreshes them
5. kwik.si stream URLs are decoded by running the page's obfuscated JS through Node.js
6. ffmpeg downloads the HLS stream to MP4

Requirements

• Chrome or Chromium installed on your system (used for the initial Cloudflare bypass)
• Node.js in PATH — for kwik.si stream decoding — https://nodejs.org
• ffmpeg in PATH — for HLS download — https://ffmpeg.org

Installation

pip install animepahe-dl-tmux

No other setup needed — just run it.

Usage

animepahe-dl-tmux                          # interactive — prompts for everything
animepahe-dl-tmux "Demon Slayer"           # search + pick episodes interactively
animepahe-dl-tmux "Demon Slayer" --all     # download every episode
animepahe-dl-tmux "Demon Slayer" -e 1-5   # episodes 1 through 5
animepahe-dl-tmux "Demon Slayer" -e 1,3,7 # specific episodes
animepahe-dl-tmux "Demon Slayer" -r 720   # prefer 720p quality
animepahe-dl-tmux --clear-cache           # force a fresh browser session

Output

Files saved to downloads/<Anime Title>/Episode_NNNN.mp4 in your current directory.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
Chrome not opening / browser error	Make sure Chrome or Chromium is installed and in PATH
Cloudflare keeps looping	Run animepahe-dl-tmux --clear-cache then try again
Node.js is required	Install from https://nodejs.org
ffmpeg not found	winget install ffmpeg / brew install ffmpeg / apt install ffmpeg
No players found	Episode may not be on AnimePahe yet