kuro-anime 1.7.2

Terminal-based anime discovery and streaming tool

Kuro Anime

Terminal-based anime discovery and streaming tool. Search anime, browse airing shows, view details, download episodes, and stream them — all from your terminal.

Features

• Search — Find any anime by title; persistent short codes for instant lookups
• Currently Airing — Browse the latest releases with pagination
• Detailed Info — Synopsis, genres, relations, recommendations, metadata
• Episode Listings — Browse episodes with pagination and sort order
• Streaming — Interactive episode/quality picker → mpv
• Download — Extract video URLs or batch-download episodes
• Doctor — kuro doctor checks all system dependencies with install instructions
• Shell Completion — kuro completion bash|zsh|fish generates completion scripts
• History — kuro history tracks recent searches, watches, and downloads
• Config Init — kuro init generates a commented default configuration

Installation

Requires Python 3.10+, mpv (for kuro watch), and ffmpeg (for kuro download).

pip install kuro-anime

To install from source:

git clone https://github.com/awtawsif/kuro_anime.git
cd kuro_anime
pip install .

Configuration

A default config is auto-generated on first run. Edit ~/.kuro_anime/config.toml to customize:

[defaults]
output_dir = "~/Videos"        # download destination
quality = "best"               # preferred resolution: "best", "1080", "720", etc.
language = "jpn"               # preferred audio language: "jpn", "eng", etc.
player = "mpv"                 # video player binary (mpv, vlc, iina, etc.)

[download]
filename_template = "{title} - EP{episode:02d}.mp4"

You can also run kuro init --force to regenerate the default config. CLI flags override config values when both are supplied.

Quick Start

# Search for an anime (generates short codes)
kuro search "One Piece"

# View details using a short code
kuro detail onpi

# Browse episodes and watch
kuro watch onpi

# See what's currently airing
kuro airing --page 1

Commands

kuro search <query>

Search anime by title. Displays results with short codes and saves them to state.

kuro search "Frieren"

kuro airing [--page N]

Browse currently airing anime with pagination. Assigns short codes for each entry.

kuro airing --page 1

kuro detail <anime-id>

Show full anime info: synopsis, metadata, relations, and recommendations.

Anime IDs can be a short code (onpi), a UUID (37aeb550-...), or a kebab-case slug (one-piece). Short codes persist across sessions and never require re-searching.

kuro detail onpi       # short code
kuro detail one-piece  # slug

kuro episodes <anime-id> [--page N] [--sort episode_asc|episode_desc]

List episodes with pagination.

kuro episodes onpi --page 1 --sort episode_desc

kuro watch <anime-id> [episode_id] [--episode / -e]

Interactive episode and quality picker. Extracts the video URL and streams it via mpv.

kuro watch onpi
kuro watch onpi --episode 5  # skip to episode 5

kuro download <anime-id> [episode_id] [--episode / -e] [--output / -o] [--batch / -b]

Download video files. Auto-named {Title} - EP{num:02d}.mp4.

kuro download onpi                           # interactive picker
kuro download onpi -b 1-10                   # batch episodes 1-10
kuro download onpi -b 1-5,8,10-12 -o ./eps/  # batch with custom dir

kuro doctor

Check all system dependencies and configuration. Prints a summary table with pass/fail per check.

kuro doctor

kuro completion bash|zsh|fish

Print a shell completion script. Source it in your shell config:

eval "$(kuro completion bash)"   # bash
eval "$(kuro completion zsh)"    # zsh
kuro completion fish | source    # fish

kuro history [--limit N] [--clear]

Show recent searches, watches, and downloads, or clear history.

kuro history            # last 20 entries
kuro history --limit 5  # last 5 entries
kuro history --clear    # erase all history

kuro init [--force]

Generate a commented default configuration file at ~/.kuro_anime/config.toml. Run with --force to overwrite an existing config.

kuro init         # create config if missing
kuro init --force # overwrite existing config

All commands accept --json for machine-readable JSON output.

State

Persisted to ~/.kuro_anime/state.json. Short codes, session mappings, a kwik-cache, and activity history live there. Delete the file to reset all state.

FAQ

"mpv not found": Install mpv — sudo apt install mpv (Debian/Ubuntu), brew install mpv (macOS), sudo dnf install mpv (Fedora).

"ffmpeg not found": Install ffmpeg — sudo apt install ffmpeg (Debian/Ubuntu), brew install ffmpeg (macOS), sudo dnf install ffmpeg (Fedora).

"Could not resolve": The identifier wasn't a short code, UUID, or matching slug. Run kuro search <query> first.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0