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GoAnime Release Notes - Version 1.7

Release date: 2026-04-08

Highlights

  • AllAnime Cloudflare Bypass: All AllAnime API requests now use POST with JSON body, bypassing Cloudflare challenge pages that were blocking GET requests.
  • 9Anime Integration: Full support for 9Anime as a new anime streaming source, including search, streaming, downloading, and subtitle embedding.
  • PT-BR Sources (Goyabu + AnimeFire): New Goyabu scraper and improved AnimeFire integration for Brazilian Portuguese anime content with -source ptbr flag.
  • Blogger Proxy with Chrome TLS Impersonation: Refactored Blogger video extraction to use a local Go HTTP proxy with Chrome TLS fingerprinting, solving 403 errors from Google CDN.
  • Anime4K Upscaling: New real-time video upscaling using Anime4K shaders with automatic shader installation, plus experimental GAN UUL upscaling mode for enhanced visual quality.
  • Security Hardening: SSRF protection for all HTTP clients, response body size limits, data race fixes, and Go 1.26.2 with patched crypto/x509 and crypto/tls vulnerabilities.

Features

  • Add 9Anime as a new streaming source with search, episode listing, server selection, subtitle selection, and downloading support.
  • Add Goyabu scraper as a new PT-BR anime source with search, episode parsing, and stream URL extraction.
  • Add -source ptbr flag with [PT-BR] tags and automatic legendado/dublado detection.
  • Implement AnimeFire GetAnimeEpisodes and GetEpisodeStreamURL for full AnimeFire playback and download support.
  • AllAnime API requests switched from GET to POST with JSON body to bypass Cloudflare challenges; referer updated to allmanga.to.
  • Implement Blogger CDN direct downloading with multi-threading and improved error handling.
  • Implement Go HTTP proxy for Blogger video extraction with Chrome TLS impersonation (fixes 403 from Google CDN).
  • Add extractRomajiFromURL for PT-BR AniList title resolution, enriching AniList lookup with romaji from URL slugs.
  • Add media path handling for decryption API in FlixHQ and SFlix clients.
  • Add fallback API support for FlixHQ and SFlix clients.
  • Enhance subtitle management with global source tracking, user prompts, and 9Anime subtitle embedding.
  • Add support for overriding media title in MPV with cleaned anime names.
  • Add Wayland GPU context support in mpv playback.
  • Add runWithSpinner function for improved loading feedback during network calls.
  • Add govulncheck for vulnerability scanning in CI workflow.
  • Enhance SanitizeForFilename to handle 9Anime-specific metadata and multilanguage tags.
  • Enhance CleanTitle to handle 9Anime titles, [Multilanguage] prefixes, and episode info patterns.
  • Add Anime4K real-time upscaling with automatic shader installation and MPV integration.
  • Add experimental GAN UUL upscaling mode for enhanced visual quality.
  • Add download location printing for episodes and movies.
  • Enhance season handling propagation in player and Discord Rich Presence.

Improvements

  • Optimize HTTP client usage with connection pre-warming and shared singleton clients for better performance.
  • Optimize mpv path lookup and enhance async operations for improved playback performance.
  • Optimize timeouts and improve parallel search handling in anime fetching with concurrent scraper execution.
  • Refactor playback handling and simplify user input menus; remove isMovieOrTV parameter from showPlayerMenu.
  • Refactor scrapers for improved performance and maintainability; reduce ScraperManager instances.
  • Refactor media state management to prevent data races and improve concurrency safety.
  • Streamline debug logging by replacing conditional checks with unified debug functions.
  • Improve log file naming with unique session identification and file output support.
  • Enhance yt-dlp integration with unsafe extension handling and direct HTTP fallback for downloads.
  • Improve error handling and logging for episode downloads.
  • Enhance URL handling with accent normalization.
  • Update Go version to 1.26.2 (fixes CVE in crypto/x509 and crypto/tls).
  • Update dependencies: go-ytdlp v1.3.2, go-crypto v1.4.0, golang.org/x/net v0.51.0, charm.land/bubbles, and others.
  • CI: enhance Windows dependency installation with dynamic mpv download, yt-dlp integration, GCC and Inno Setup checks with retries.
  • CI: add GitHub token authentication for MPV release downloads.
  • CI: update golangci-lint action version, increase timeout, and add configuration file.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix AllAnime API blocked by Cloudflare by switching from GET to POST requests.
  • Fix SSRF vulnerability: implement SSRF protection for all HTTP clients and refactor transport settings.
  • Fix excessive memory usage by limiting response body size on all HTTP responses.
  • Fix data races in media state management with proper concurrency controls.
  • Fix Blogger video extraction preferring 720p (itag=22) over 360p (itag=18).
  • Fix playback: replace Fatal calls with proper error returns in playback package (3 bugs fixed).
  • Fix AnimeFire video URL resolution before streaming and download.
  • Fix Goyabu search reliability, episode parsing, and test coverage.
  • Fix duplicate quality menu and clean PT-BR title formatting.
  • Fix nil check for streamInfo in GetFlixHQStreamURL to prevent panics.
  • Fix result channel drain before early exit in concurrent search to prevent goroutine leaks.
  • Fix FlixHQ tests to use httptest mocks instead of real API calls.
  • Fix transient error handling and skip tests for unavailable external services.
  • Fix Codacy issues in goyabu.go (unexported constants, unused variables).
  • Fix Go 1.26.2 standard library vulnerabilities (GO-2026-4947, GO-2026-4946, GO-2026-4870, GO-2026-4866).

Developer Notes

  • Replace FlixHQ real API calls in tests with httptest mocks for reliability.
  • Add tests for Blogger video extraction, playback error returns, Goyabu scraper, and CleanTitle variations.
  • Add doc comments to exported functions in appflow package.
  • Enhance contribution guidelines with mandatory security and testing requirements.
  • CI workflows updated to Go 1.26.2 across ci.yml, coverage.yml, and release.yml.

Installation

Linux / macOS

# Download the binary for your platform
curl -LO https://github.com/alvarorichard/Goanime/releases/download/v1.7/goanime-linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Extract and install
tar -xzf goanime-linux-amd64.tar.gz
chmod +x goanime-linux-amd64
sudo mv goanime-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/goanime

Windows

Recommended: Download and run the GoAnime-Installer-1.7.exe for automatic setup with MPV included.

Or download the portable .zip file for your architecture and extract it.

Verification

Verify your download using the checksums:

sha256sum -c checksums-sha256.txt

Supported Platforms

OS Architecture Binary
Linux x86_64 goanime-linux-amd64
Linux ARM64 goanime-linux-arm64
macOS x86_64 (Intel) goanime-darwin-amd64
macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon) goanime-darwin-arm64
Windows Installer GoAnime-Installer-${VERSION#v}.exe (Recommended)
Windows x86_64 goanime-windows-amd64.exe
Arch Linux x86_64 yay -S goanime (AUR)

All binaries are built with SQLite tracking support enabled.

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