Tracking

Tracking

On first start Otakase asks how you want to track: local, anilist, myanimelist, or anilist + myanimelist. Local history stays on in every mode, so you can always resume.

In dual mode, Otakase compares the last update time for each show and pushes the newer status, progress and category to whichever tracker is behind, so the two converge on their own. You can change your mind later from the Change Tracker menu, which can merge both lists or let one replace the other.

MyAnimeList sign-in needs your own MAL application credentials, set in the config file or the environment:

OTAKASE_MAL_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
OTAKASE_MAL_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret

If the browser reaches the localhost callback page but Otakase does not continue, run the command again and paste the full callback URL when prompted.

Resuming on another device

With AniList or MyAnimeList on, your place in an episode is kept in the show's AniList note or MyAnimeList comment as a short tag like [otakase:5@754] (episode 5, 754 seconds in), next to anything else you wrote there. Another computer running otakase picks it up and resumes from there.

Adding shows and fixing progress

Add new anime, at the end of a list, searches AniList and asks which list to put the show on. Already watched some elsewhere asks how many episodes you have seen, records them, and starts at the next one; all of them marks the show completed. Progress set this way, with Update, or on another device is followed next time you play the show, rather than an older local position.

The Watching list opens with the shows you played last, newest first, while MenuActions has CONTINUE_LAST. ContinueWatchingRows sets how many are shown; 0 hides them.

Coming from curd

Nothing to do. On first launch Otakase copies your config, your AniList and MyAnimeList tokens and your watch history from ~/.config/curd and ~/.local/share/curd into its own locations, and repoints StoragePath if it was still on the old default. A storage path you chose yourself is left alone.

The originals are copied, not moved, so they are still there if you want them; delete them once Otakase looks right.

The curd command itself is gone — installing Otakase replaces the old package rather than sitting beside it. Use otakase, or otk.

If you had set CURD_MAL_CLIENT_ID or CURD_MAL_CLIENT_SECRET in a shell profile, those names still work. OTAKASE_MAL_* takes precedence.