anisama 1.1.2

A CLI tool to browse, watch, and download anime from Anime-Sama (VOSTFR/VF)

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Project Status

This project is actively maintained and developed by 6sfy.

[!CAUTION] The use of this module under a different name on PyPI (or another source besides this GitHub) is not associated with this library. anisama streams from Anime-Sama, Voiranime, MyFluneo, AnimesUltra, French-Anime, AnimoFlix. We are not responsible for any misuse.

About

Welcome to anisama, a Python CLI to browse, watch, and download anime from multiple sources (VOSTFR/VF).

• Inspired by ani-cli, the original shell-based anime streaming tool.
• Scrapes 6 sources: Anime-Sama, Voiranime, MyFluneo, AnimesUltra, French-Anime, AnimoFlix.
• Interactive TUI built with Rich and Questionary.
• Connects to the anisama API for fast search and video resolution.

Project Structure

anisama/
├── src/                    # CLI application
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── __main__.py
│   ├── core/               # Backend logic
│   │   ├── config.py       # Constants, headers, domains
│   │   ├── cache.py        # Catalog, settings, history
│   │   ├── scraper.py      # Anime-Sama + Voiranime scraping
│   │   ├── resolver.py     # Video URL extraction per host
│   │   └── search.py       # Fuzzy search, scoring, dedup
│   ├── cli/                # CLI-specific code
│   │   ├── app.py          # Entry point, click command
│   │   ├── display.py      # Banner, colors, info panels
│   │   ├── player.py       # Player detection, play/download
│   │   ├── picker.py       # Selection menus
│   │   ├── mirror.py       # Speed tests, mirror resolution
│   │   ├── install.py      # yt-dlp/ffmpeg install guides
│   │   ├── settings.py     # Settings menu
│   │   └── workflow.py     # Main workflow (search, play, download)
│   └── api/                # Remote API client
│       └── client.py       # Wrapper for anisama API
└── data/                   # Local catalog/settings storage

Features

• Search anime by title with fuzzy matching (rapidfuzz) across 6 sources
• Multi-source merge: Anime-Sama, Voiranime, MyFluneo, AnimesUltra, French-Anime, AnimoFlix
• Intelligent dedup: season/lang variants grouped under one result
• Smart search: exact match shows only relevant results, broad queries show variants
• Browse seasons (VOSTFR / VF)
• Stream episodes in your preferred video player
• Download episodes directly
• Episode range support (1-5 or 1,3,5)
• Multiple video mirrors with automatic speed-tested fallback
• Player support: mpv, VLC, IINA, MoonPlayer, ImPlay
• API-first resolve with local fallback
• "Continue watching" history menu
• AniList-powered info panel (score, status, episodes, studios, tags, synopsis)
• Prefer MP4 sources over HLS/m3u8 for faster playback
• Automatic m3u8 → mp4 conversion for downloads
• More sources / languages

Installation

From PyPI (recommended)

pip install anisama

From source

git clone https://github.com/6sfy/anisama.git
cd anisama
pip install -e .

Usage

Interactive mode

anisama

CLI mode

anisama "demon slayer"
anisama "one piece" -e 1-5
anisama "attack on titan" -e 1,3,5 --lang vf
anisama "jujutsu kaisen" -d -e 1
anisama -p vlc "berserk"

Options

Flag	Description
--lang vostfr/vf	Language filter
--dub	Shorthand for VF
-d, --download	Download instead of streaming
-e, --episodes	Episode range: 5, 1-5, or 1,3,5
-p, --player	Player: mpv, vlc, iina, moonplayer, implay
-U, --update	Force refresh the anime catalog
-q, --quiet	Reduce output verbosity
--version	Show version
-h, --help	Show help

API

anisama uses a centralized API for fast search and video resolution. The API server source is available at github.com/6sfy/anisama-api.

Sources

Source	Language	Method
Anime-Sama	VOSTFR/VF	HTML scraping
Voiranime	VOSTFR/VF	HTML scraping
MyFluneo	VOSTFR	Playwright
AnimesUltra	VOSTFR/VF	Sitemap/HTML
French-Anime	VOSTFR/VF	HTML scraping
AnimoFlix	VOSTFR	HTML + Playwright

Contributing

• Before creating an issue, please ensure that it hasn't already been reported/suggested.
• See the contribution guide if you'd like to submit a PR.

Credits

• pystardust/ani-cli for the original idea and workflow
• Content sources: Anime-Sama, Voiranime, MyFluneo, AnimesUltra, French-Anime, AnimoFlix