Toru: Stream Torrents instantly, straight from the Command Line

Toru, the command line tool designed for anime enthusiasts. Browse the latest releases on nyaa.si or search for specific titles with Toru's intuitive interface. Stream episodes directly from the command line using MPV or your favorite video player or browser. Toru serves the selected anime over localhost, making it as accessible as any HTTP link. It also functions as a convenient torrent client for magnet links. Simplify your streaming and torrenting with Toru.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Example Usage
• Contribution Guidelines
• Disclaimer

Install

Quick install a pre-built binary

export PREFIX="$HOME/bin"
wget "https://github.com/sweetbbak/toru/releases/download/v0.1/toru_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m).tar.gz" -O - | tar -xz
mv toru "${PREFIX}"

on Windows

iwr -Uri "https://github.com/sweetbbak/toru/releases/download/v0.1/toru_Windows_x86_64.zip" -OutFile toru_Windows_x86_64.zip

Install Go

Install go This project requires go 1.21.7 or higher.

go install github.com/sweetbbak/toru/cmd/toru@latest

Build from source

using Go is recommended alongside gup so that it can be easily updated

git clone https://github.com/sweetbbak/toru.git && cd toru
go build -o toru ./cmd/toru

you can also use the justfile

git clone https://github.com/sweetbbak/toru.git && cd toru
just

or the makefile

git clone https://github.com/sweetbbak/toru.git && cd toru
make build

Using docker, podman with the shell.nix file on non-nixOS distros this will automatically pull the correct version of Go and install just so that building is easy.

git clone https://github.com/sweetbbak/toru.git && cd toru
# mount the project directory inside the container
podman run --volume $(pwd):/toru -ti docker.io/nixos/nix:latest
# inside the container run:
cd /toru
nix-shell
just

Building for different platforms and architectures

Run to find your target architecture and platform:

go tool dist list

then use the environment variables GOOS and GOARCH before using the build command.

Example:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -o toru ./cmd/toru

If you do this feel free to create an issue for a platform reporting how it went So far there is an issue with android and termux as well as arm 6.

if you are on nix or have nix installed you can just use the shell.nix directly and run just or make or use go build -o toru ./cmd/toru.

Changelog

• added --proxy which allows use of nyaa proxy sites and sukebi
• added the ability to disable ipv6
• sub-command "run" now accepts a trailing search term argument

Examples

Search for an anime:

toru search -i
toru search ""

the selected torrent will begin playing and once the video player is closed you will have the option to select another episode, make another search query, or to exit.

View the latest anime on nyaa.si in an interactive fzf session

toru search --latest

Search for a specific keyword or series

toru search "Akuyaku"

If you know the magnet link for the content you can directly download or stream it

toru stream --magnet 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1...announce'
toru download --magnet 'magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1...announce'

All of the above outputs a link that you can use to stream the torrent 'http://localhost:8080/stream?ep=torrent_info_hash' you can treat this link like any other http link and stream it with mpv or vlc, download it, use yt-dlp, or open it in the browser etc...

Use a proxy Nyaa site

this can be helpful for geoblocking and for browsing "special" Nyaa sites

toru search --proxy="https://sukebei.nyaa.si" -i
toru search --proxy="https://nyaa.ink.iss" -i

Handling input and output

You can use toru to search for anime and other media types and then output the results in multiple formats. Output in Json and parsing that output with jq:

toru search --latest --json | jq -r '.[]|.Name,.Magnet'

Open a cached search session from a json file

toru search --json "one piece" > cache.json
toru search --from-json cacne.json --interactive

Output in a human readable format:

toru search "akuyaku 99 1080p"
# Outputs:
[Erai-raws] Akuyaku Reijou Level 99 - 01 [1080p][Multiple Subtitle] [ENG][POR-BR][SPA-LA][SPA][ARA][FRE][GER][ITA][RUS]
2024-01-09 07:36:29
Downloads: 1203
[33|0]
Size: 727 MB
magnet:... [ magnet link here ]

Creating your own CLI tool using toru

# Create a JSON file using toru
toru search --latest --json > out.json
# Here is a simple example of using fzf and toru to create a simple interace to select and play torrents
# you can also replace toru with any CLI bittorrent client
cat out.json | jq '.[].Name' | \
fzf --preview='cat out.json | jq -r ".[{n}]"' \
  --bind "enter:execute(cat out.json | jq -r '.[{n}].Magnet')+abort" | \
  xargs toru stream --magnet

Important

toru is in a very early development phase! In order to provide a consistent and smooth experience the CLI interface is subject to change. PR's and advice on project sturcture, pkg organization and feedback on the UI of toru is much appreciated.

Currently tested on Linux and Windows I would much appreciate someone reporting on the functionality on any BSD or Mac Android with termux currently has UDP issues. Idk much about how android works

Features

• Stream anime from torrents
• add Nyaa.si as a source
• add a generic torrent tracker library for Korean and American movies
• package as various formats (AUR, DEB, Flatpak, AppImage, Release binaries)
• ensure compatibility across platforms and aim for consistent compatibility (should work but currently untested)

Good issues to work on

• add a package for Arch, Fedora, Nix, Scoop or otherwise
• get toru working on Android. (currently an issue with connecting to peers via UDP)

Roadmap

• Daemonize into the background and listen for commands on a socket (optional for user, sometimes this is annoying)
• Simple torrent client features (download|seed|add magnet|stream|search)
• Look into file and search caching
• Add other trackers besides nyaa.si
• Expand user interface with bubbletea
• Ensure we are not straining or leeching off of the network more than we are giving

Contributing

PR's welcome! This project currently uses Golang 1.21.7 along with standard go formatting using gopls TODO: add a development containerfile and automate building binaries for all platforms

Why though?

Because scraping is annoying af and it constantly breaks. On top of that, someone is paying for those servers. Torrents are more resistant to takedowns and hopefully will have more longevity.

Credits

torrenting library:

Nyaa package is modified from here:

Support

Consider creating a PR, taking up a minor issue on the TODO list, leaving an issue to help improve functionality or buy me a coffee!