koneko 0.10.1

Browse pixiv in the terminal

koneko

Browse pixiv in the terminal using kitty's icat to display images (in the terminal!)

Gallery view Image view Artist search (artist profile picture on the left, 3 previews on right) View artists you're following

Requires kitty. It uses the magical kitty +kitten icat 'kitten' to display images. For more info see the kitty documentation. Actually, lscat.py uses pixcat, which is a Python API for icat.

Why the name Koneko? Koneko (こねこ) means kitten, which is what icat is, a kitty +kitten

Features (what?)

See the manual for more details

1. View artist illustrations (ex)
2. View a post (ex)
   • View related images suggested by pixiv (ex: scroll down from the above example)
3. View the artists that you are following (or any other user ID) (ex)
4. Search for an artist/user (ex)
5. View new illustrations from all the artists you are following (ex)
6. View recommended illustrations (now called 'discovery') (ex)

• Navigate between next and previous pages/images
• Download images (PixivUtil would be more suitable for batch download) in full resolution
• Open post in browser
• Browse an offline cache

Why?

• Terminal user interfaces are minimalist, fast, and doesn't load Javascript that slows down your entire browser or track you
  • Image loading is so much faster, especially if you don't delete the cache

I get 32 trackers on Pixiv. Plus, you have to disable ublock if you ever get logged out

The mobile app even directly tells you Google "and our 198 partners" "collect and use data"! See prompt 1, prompt 2 (Github can't render the images correctly for some reason) and this list

• TUIs make you cool
• TUIs with embedded pictures make you even cooler
• TUIs embedded with pictures of cute anime girls make you the coolest
• Keyboard driven
• Familiar, vim-like key sequences
• I use arch btw

Installation (how?)

See also: manual installation

0. Install kitty
1. pip install koneko (or if you use conda...):
2. Run koneko to login and save credentials
3. Run lscat 1 7 to help setup the recommended settings; copy to ~/.config/koneko/config.ini. (Don't skip this step! Image display in the terminal is very sensitive to your config!)
4. See usage for how to use.

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• It has been tested on kitty v0.17.2 onwards, but should work on older versions
• Operating system: all OSes that kitty supports, which means Linux and macOS.
• Uses xdg-open (for opening links in your browser) and curl (for safety fallback, see below)

If it crashes (it shouldn't), it might be because pip didn't 'install' the welcome pictures, *and* the script failed to download them for some reason. Try:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/koneko/pics

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twenty5151/koneko/master/pics/71471144_p0.png -o ~/.local/share/koneko/pics/71471144_p0.png

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twenty5151/koneko/master/pics/79494300_p0.png -o ~/.local/share/koneko/pics/79494300_p0.png

Usage and manual

See the manual here

Upcoming changelog (in dev branch)

For full changelogs please see releases

Version 0.10.1

• Two new examples of koneko being applied to another site:
  • koneko-twitter
  • koneko-gelbooru

Features

Bug fixes

• Fixed inconsistent 'page' / 'image' in ui.Image
• Fixed du not working in macOS
• Fixed xdg-open not present in macOS, use open in that case instead
• Fixed bug where artist name with '/' isn't downloaded
• Fixed users mode prefetching page 1 again

Code maintenance

• Added more tests
• Use int page_num for gallery data cache keys
• Extract duplicated init method in gdata and udata to ABC
• Remove sys path modifications by changing pytest command & conftest path. No need to run pytest with the -s argument. There is a conftest.py symlink in root, pointing to the original path in testing/
• Fixed tests sometimes showing a (pixcat) image: mock and assert pixcat in lscat.icat()
• Use default github gitignore for python

Roadmap

Features

• In-depth usage documentation; use letters to represent modes (at least in public docs) rather than numbers
  • Make sure the diagrams in HACKING.md is up-to-date
• Option to save username, but prompt for password (and not save it) every time

Known bugs

• In the logs, urllib3 warns that Connection pool is full, discarding connection: i.pximg.net. See customising pool behaviour from urllib3.
• Prefetch thread still running (downloading) hangs the entire app, even when user quits. Cannot use daemon threads as it still hangs then noisly aborts. Changing prompt.ask_quit() into a UI method so that it can pass a threading.Event() to downloads, doesn't work either as all the downloads has already been submitted to the ThreadPoolExecutor before the user is quick enough to send 'q'. The only way is to interrupt the urllib download process, which is going to be unsafe if you don't know what you're doing.
• There seems to be a delay between entering koneko and startup, but the delay is before the first line of the script even executes. Import time is fast. pip install using the wheel seems to reduce the delay. Directly running the script using python koneko/main.py or python koneko/lscat_app.py is faster as well. Seems like it's a delay in going to miniconda/lib/python3.8/site-packages/koneko.egg-link (installed with python setup.py develop)?

FAQ

• I'm having problems with lscat

For the best experience use the terminal in full screen, unless your screen is big enough. Moving and resizing it abruptly will not be good for icat, which is really kitty's problem not mine. Extra information can be disabled from being printed.

You can also use versions less than v0.5.1, which retains legacy support for the original lsix shell script. Note that I've never really tested it, which is why I decided to be honest and depreciated legacy support from v0.6 onwards. The current lscat API has matured to the point where it's simple to write a replacement anyway.

Contributing

• Fork it
• Edit the files on your fork/branch
• Run tests with pytest testing/ -vvvv -l -s (--inte for integration tests)
• Submit a pull request

Tips:

• See HACKING.md to understand the code.
• If your git client complains about committing to master, just remove .pre-commit-config.yaml
• If you want to, you can create an issue first. Ask any questions by opening a new issue.
• If you're encountering/fixing a bug and you're stuck, try clearing the cache. For example, a bug might have downloaded to the wrong folder, but after fixing the bug, you need to clear the cache, otherwise it would not download anything and display the wrong contents.

See the rest in CONTRIBUTING.md

Unit tests

Run pytest testing/ -vvvv -l. Add --inte for integration testing, but don't be surprised if it fails, because integration tests require a valid config/account + internet connection

Build and upload to PyPI

When test installing with pip, don't forget to use pip install . or python setup.py install, not pip install koneko (which will grab from latest stable version). (Yes, I made the same mistake again)

Test installing with pip install ., python setup.py install, python setup.py develop, and python -m koneko.main is now automated.

Bump version info in __init__.py, setup.py, and CONTRIBUTING.md

python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
twine upload dist/*
pip install koneko --upgrade

Trackers avoided

This is a list of trackers present when you use the official pixiv website or app. koneko frees you from them.

Nine trackers in the Android app, according to exodus:

• Amazon Advertisement
• AMoAd
• Google Ads
• Google CrashLytics
• Google DoubleClick
• Google Firebase Analytics
• Integral Ad Science
• Moat
• Twitter MoPub

Advertisers from pixiv's privacy policy:

• Looker
• Repro
• Qualaroo
• DDAI（Date Driven Advertising Initiative）
• YourAdChoices
• Rubicon Project
• i-Mobile Co., Ltd.
• Akinasista Corporation
• Axel Mark Inc.
• AppLovin
• Amazon Japan G.K.
• AmoAd Inc.
• AOL Platforms Japan K.K.
• OpenX
• Google Inc.
• CRITEO K.K.
• CyberAgent, Inc.
• Geniee, Inc.
• Supership Inc.
• GMO AD Marketing Inc.
• F@N Communications, Inc.
• Facebook Inc.
• Fluct, Inc.
• Platform One Inc.
• MicroAd Inc.
• MoPub Inc.
• Yahoo! Japan Corporation
• United, Inc.
• 株式会社Zucks
• PubMatic, Inc.
• Liftoff Mobile, Inc.
• Mobfox US LLC
• OneSignal
• Smaato, Inc.
• SMN株式会社
• 株式会社アドインテ