Framekit

Framekit is a CLI‑first, headless‑friendly toolkit for preparing media releases. Created by astrve.

License

Framekit is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Copyright (C) 2026 astrve

See the LICENSE file for details.

Installation

Framekit requires Python 3.11 or newer. Install the latest release from PyPI with:

pip install framekit-cli

If you want to use the latest development version directly from GitHub, install with:

pip install git+https://github.com/astrve/framekit.git

Quickstart

1. Inspect your release folder to detect missing files and see what would be changed:

   fk inspect "Release folder"
   

2. Run the full pipeline in preview mode to see planned changes without modifying anything:

   fk pipe "Release folder" --preview
   

3. When satisfied, run the pipeline to apply the changes and generate NFO/Prez/Torrent artifacts:

   fk pipe "Release folder"
   

These quickstart commands orchestrate all modules. You can also call individual modules (e.g. fk ren, fk cmk, fk nfo, fk prez, fk torrent) as shown below.

Core workflow

fk inspect "Release folder"
fk ren "Release folder"
fk cmk "Release folder"
fk nfo "Release folder"
fk prez "Release folder"
fk torrent "Release folder"
fk pipe "Release folder"

Recommended pipeline

fk setup
fk pipe "Release folder" --preview
fk pipe "Release folder"

The pipeline can run all modules or a subset:

fk pipe "Release folder" --modules cleanmkv,nfo,prez,torrent
fk pipe "Release folder" -nm

CleanMKV

CleanMKV prepares a payload folder under Release/<release-name>/. The release name is derived from the MKV filename. For season packs, the episode token is removed from the first MKV name.

fk cmk "Release folder"
fk cmk "Release folder" --details
fk cmk "Release folder" --apply --preset multi

CleanMKV writes cleaned MKV files into a dedicated subfolder named Release/<release> where <release> is derived from the first MKV name and sanitised to remove any characters illegal on your platform (colons, question marks, etc.). For season packs, the episode token (for example, E03) is removed from the name. The same sanitisation helper is used throughout the pipeline so that NFO, Prez and Torrent always operate on the same payload folder. You can override the output folder name pattern via the modules.cleanmkv.output_dir_name setting; the placeholder {release} will be replaced with the sanitised release name.

Renamer

fk ren "Release folder"
fk ren "Release folder" --details
fk ren "Release folder" --apply

Torrent

Configure one or more announce URLs:

fk torrent --add-announce https://tracker.example/announce
fk torrent --list-announces
fk torrent --select-announce

Create a torrent:

fk torrent "Release/Release.Name"

Content modes

Framekit detects the media payload to include in a torrent so that sidecar files (NFO, TXT, Prez HTML/BBCode, screenshots) are ignored by default. You can control this via the --content option:

• auto (default) – detect the payload automatically: include only the MKV files from the detected release or season pack;
• media – include only recognised media files (MKV, MP4, M4V, AVI);
• folder – include everything in the folder, including sidecars (except existing .torrent files);
• select – interactively choose one of several detected media groups when multiple candidates exist.

You can also override the default mode by configuring modules.torrent.content_mode in settings.json or by passing --content on the CLI. When running in headless mode, ambiguous payloads will cause an error instead of silently selecting a default.

Torrent filenames are derived from the payload name using the same sanitisation logic as CleanMKV and never keep the .mkv suffix.

Prez

fk prez "Release folder"
fk prez "Release folder" --list-templates
fk prez "Release folder" --html-template timeline --bbcode-template tracker

Metadata is enabled by default. Disable it with:

fk prez "Release folder" -nm
fk nfo "Release folder" -nm
fk pipe "Release folder" -nm

TMDb credentials

Framekit uses The Movie Database (TMDb) to fetch movie and TV metadata. To enable these features you must provide a TMDb read access token (v4) or an API key (v3). Without valid credentials you may encounter errors like “Invalid API key: You must be granted a valid key.”

To get started:

1. Create a free TMDb account at themoviedb.org and navigate to your account settings → API.
2. Generate a API Read Access Token (v4 auth) or obtain your existing API Key (v3 auth).
3. Run fk md -t or fk setup and paste the token when prompted. Framekit will store the token securely in your settings and clear any previously stored API key.
4. To remove stored credentials, run fk md --clear.

Always keep your TMDb credentials private and do not share them publicly.

Diagnostics

fk doctor
fk settings
fk inspect "Release folder"

External tools

Some workflow steps also require external tools to be installed separately.

For the full workflow, install:

• mkvmerge from MKVToolNix — required for CleanMKV/remux workflows.
• mediainfo / libmediainfo — required for detailed media inspection and technical metadata.

On Windows, install MKVToolNix and MediaInfo separately, then make sure their command-line tools are available in your PATH.

You can verify your setup with:

fk doctor

Framekit does not bundle these external binaries.

Settings and security

Framekit stores user-specific configuration and metadata in a settings file located in your platform's user config directory (for example, ~/.config/framekit/settings.json on Linux). Do not commit this file to version control, as it may contain API keys and private torrent announce URLs. When printing settings via fk settings or diagnostics via fk doctor, secret values are redacted so that API keys and tokens are never displayed in plain text. Logs and debug output follow the same redaction rules.

Headless vs interactive: When running commands in a non-interactive environment (such as in a CI pipeline), Framekit operates in headless mode. In headless mode, any operation that would normally prompt the user to make a selection (such as choosing between multiple detected payloads or selecting a template) will instead raise a clear error. To avoid ambiguity, you can explicitly choose the payload detection mode with --content (auto, media or folder) or enable interactive selection with --select-content. Use --preview to see planned changes without writing files, and --apply to commit the changes.

Important flags

• --preview: Show what would be done without applying changes.
• --apply: Perform the operation and write files.
• --details: Show detailed per-file information.
• --dry-run: For the renamer, shows the planned renames without renaming any files.
• --no-metadata: Skip metadata downloading and embedding for NFO and Prez.
• --content <mode>: Choose the payload detection mode for torrent creation (auto, media, folder).
• --select-content: Interactively choose one of several detected payloads when multiple candidates exist.