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Cross-Platform Desktop Animated Cursor Manager
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🌐 In 4+ languages - 🇺🇸 EN · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇨🇳 CN · 🇯🇵 JP
Tired of digging through Control Panel or editing registry just to try an anime cursor pack? Anime Cursor is a cross-platform desktop app that makes browsing, importing, and applying animated cursor (.ani) packs dead simple - without hunting for Settings panels or writing terminal commands.
| ✅ One-Click Apply | Auto-detects your OS - no manual selection needed |
| ✅ Pack-Based Management | Import ZIPs with multiple cursor variants in one go |
| ✅ Auto Backup & Restore | Cursor backup before every apply - safe recovery anytime |
| ✅ Fully Offline | Zero network requests, zero telemetry - absolute privacy |
| ✅ Cross-Platform | Windows 10+ and Linux (GNOME, KDE, XFCE) |
| Feature | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pack Import | ✅ | Drag-drop ZIP or individual .ani - auto-extract and parse |
| Dashboard Grid | ✅ | Browse all installed packs with sort by name/date |
| Pack Detail View | ✅ | Per-variant preview with apply button |
| One-Click Apply | ✅ | Auto OS detection - Windows registry or Linux Xcursor |
| Auto Backup | ✅ | Saves current cursor before every apply |
| Restore Default | ✅ | Revert to OS default cursor from Settings |
| Multi-Language UI | ✅ | EN, ID, CN, JP with one-click selector |
| Dark/Light Theme | ✅ | Persistent theme switcher |
| Collapsible Sidebar | ✅ | Icon-only compact mode |
- Desktop Framework: Tauri v2 (Rust + webview)
- Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS
- State: Zustand (app state) + Tauri IPC (async commands)
- Build: Vite 6
- Backend: Rust (serde, zip, winreg, xcursor)
- Format: .ani RIFF animated cursor + .zip pack
anime-cursor/
├── src-tauri/ # Rust backend
│ ├── src/
│ │ ├── main.rs # Tauri entry, commands
│ │ ├── parser.rs # .ANI RIFF parser
│ │ ├── applier.rs # Cursor apply/restore (Win + Linux)
│ │ ├── pack.rs # ZIP extract, metadata read
│ │ └── backup.rs # Cursor backup management
│ ├── icons/ # App icons per platform
│ └── Cargo.toml
├── src/ # React frontend
│ ├── App.tsx
│ ├── pages/
│ │ ├── Dashboard.tsx
│ │ ├── Import.tsx
│ │ ├── PackDetail.tsx
│ │ └── Settings.tsx
│ ├── components/
│ ├── i18n/ # EN, ID, CN, JP language files
│ ├── hooks/
│ ├── styles/
│ └── types/
├── public/
│ └── logo.svg
├── .example/ # Reference cursor packs for testing
├── package.json
└── tauri.conf.json
Download the latest release from Releases.
| Platform | Format | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
| Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) | .deb |
Double-click to install |
| Linux (Fedora/RHEL) | .rpm |
Double-click to install |
| Linux (any distro) | .AppImage |
No install needed — chmod +x & run |
| Windows 10+ | .msi |
Double-click to install |
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 2 cores | 4+ cores |
| RAM | 512 MB | 2 GB+ |
| Storage | 150 MB | 500 MB |
| OS | Windows 10 / Linux (GNOME, KDE, XFCE) | Windows 11 / Linux latest |
chmod +x Anime\ Cursor_*_amd64.AppImage
./Anime\ Cursor_*_amd64.AppImageBuild from source (Node 18+):
git clone https://github.com/Curzyori/anime-cursor.git
cd anime-cursor
npm install
npm run tauri buildThe binary will be at src-tauri/target/release/anime-cursor.
System dependencies (Linux):
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libxdo-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev| Dashboard | Pack Detail |
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| Import | Settings |
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GPL-3.0 - see LICENSE.
Built with passion as the 22nd project of the 50 Projects Challenge by **@Curzyori**