go-ani

Watch anime from your terminal. Built with Go, inspired by ani-cli.

Features

Search — Find anime by title via GraphQL API Stream — Play episodes directly in mpv or VLC Interactive TUI — Arrow-key navigation, filtering, episode picker (powered by bubbletea) Quality selection — Choose from available streams (1080p, 720p, etc.) or auto-select best/worst Sub & Dub — Switch between subbed and dubbed versions Post-playback menu — Next/previous episode, replay, pick another episode

Requirements

Go 1.26+ (to build) mpv or VLC (video player)

Install a video player

macOS

brew install mpv

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

sudo apt install mpv

Linux (Arch)

sudo pacman -S mpv

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/radar07/go-ani.git
cd go-ani
go build -o go-ani .
./go-ani --help

With go install

go install github.com/radar07/go-ani@latest

Usage

Search for anime

# Interactive: opens TUI search input
go-ani search

# Direct: search by name
go-ani search "one punch man"

Play an episode

# Full interactive flow: search → select → pick episode → play
go-ani play

# Search and select interactively, then play
go-ani play "one punch man"

# Skip straight to episode 1
go-ani play "one punch man" -e 1

# Dubbed, 720p quality, using VLC
go-ani play "one punch man" -e 1 --dub -q 720 -p vlc

Flags

Flag	Short	Description	Default
--player	-p	Video player (mpv / vlc)	mpv
--quality	-q	Quality (best / worst / 1080 / 720)	best
--dub		Use dubbed version	false (sub)
--episode	-e	Episode number (play/download only)	interactive

TUI Keybindings

Key	Action
↑ ↓	Navigate lists
Enter	Select / confirm
/	Filter results or episodes
Esc	Go back
q	Quit
Ctrl+C	Force quit

Configuration

Environment variables (set in your shell profile):

Variable	Description	Default
ANI_PLAYER	Default video player	mpv
ANI_QUALITY	Default quality preference	best
ANI_MODE	Default mode (sub / dub)	sub
ANI_DOWNLOAD_DIR	Download directory	.
ANI_NO_DETACH	Keep player in foreground	false

Roadmap

• Watch history + continue command
• Episode download support
• IINA player support (macOS)
• Homebrew tap

Credits

Inspired by ani-cli TUI powered by Charm (bubbletea, bubbles, lipgloss)

License

MIT