A simple yet powerful tool for downloading anime.

--- # Anime Downloader Ever dreamt about watching anime for free effortlessly without all those unbearable ads? Ever dreamt of downloading your favourite anime for that long trip? ![kawaii](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/IgnorantYoungDowitcher-size_restricted.gif) Yeah. Me too! That's why this tool exists. ## Features - Download or stream any episode or episode range of any anime. - Have a locally stored anime list to track your progress and stream anime using the watch command. - Import your MAL anime list to the local anime list. - Specify the quality you want to stream or download. - Search and download. - Save yourselves from those malicious ads. - Download using external downloader ([aria2](https://aria2.github.io/) recommended). - Configurable using `config.json`. See [documentation](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/config.html). ## Supported Operating Systems: - Windows - Mac OS - Linux - Android - iOS (requires Jailbreak and some tinkering) * Instructions for Mobile Operating Systems can be found in the [Installation Documentation Page](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/installation.html) ## Supported Sites **Details about the sites can be found in [FAQ](https://github.com/anime-dl/anime-downloader/wiki/FAQ)** - AnimTime - AnimeBinge - Animeflv - AnimeOnline360 - Animerush - AnimeStar - Animevibe - Dbanimes - EraiRaws - EgyAnime - usually m3u8 (good for streaming, not so much for downloading) - GenoAnime - itsaturday - Justdubs? - KissanimeX - Nyaa.si - SubsPlease - twist.moe - requires Node.js - tenshi.moe - Vidstream - Vostfree - Wcostream Sites that require Selenium **DO NOT** and **WILL NOT** work on mobile operating systems Twist.moe **DOES NOT** work and **WILL NOT** work on iOS, a specific Python module that is required for twist.moe is not supported on iOS and cannot be installed. ## Installation [**Installation instructions***](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/installation.html) If you have trouble installing, see extended installation instructions [here](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/installation.html) or join the [discord server](https://discord.gg/Qn2nWGm) for help. **Note**: - For Cloudflare scraping either [cfscrape](https://github.com/Anorov/cloudflare-scrape) or [selenium](https://www.selenium.dev/) is used. [Cfscrape](https://github.com/Anorov/cloudflare-scrape) depends on [`node-js`](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [selenium](https://www.selenium.dev/) utilizes an automated invisible instance of a browser (chrome/firefox). So, if you want to use Cloudflare enabled sites, make sure you have [node-js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and a [webdriver](https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/docs/api/py/index.html#drivers) installed. - You might have to use pip3 depending on your system - To install this project with gui and all its dependencies, add `#egg=anime-downloader[gui]` to the pip command you are using to install it. Example: `pip install --force-reinstall -U git+https://github.com/anime-dl/anime-downloader#egg=anime_downloader[gui]` - To install this project with selescrape (if you are using GUI, ignore this line), do the same as above - but with `#egg=anime-downloader[selescrape]` - To install this project with jsbeautifier run `pip install --force-reinstall -U git+https://github.com/anime-dl/anime-downloader#egg=anime-downloader[unpacker]` ## Usage See [docs](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/dl.html). Anime Downloader has six (6) sub-commands, `dl`, `watch`, `gui`, `config`, `ezdl` and `test`. - [dl](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/dl.html): `dl` can download anime. - ezdl: Uses metadata agents to unify providers and also auto select a result if the search argument is close to the anime title. - [watch](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/watch.html): `watch` can manage your anime watch list. Needs [mpv](https://mpv.io). - [config](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/config.html): can manage the configuration for anime dl. - test: Tests all the providers, not the most reliable command as the results may be faulty. - gui: opens a PyQT gui that allows for non commandline downloading and streaming. **To use `anime_downloader` in your package:** This tool can be used as a library. This means you can import it into your own applications and search for anime and do many other wonderful things. See [documentation](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/api.html). **Development Instructions:** See [development instructions](https://anime-downlader.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/custom_site.html). ## Related Projects - [adl](https://github.com/RaitaroH/adl) - a command-line tool for watching anime that makes use of anime-downloader. - [Cloudstream](https://github.com/LagradOst/CloudStream-2) - mobile gui for pirating anime and movies. --- *Please bear in mind the production of this repo is for educational/research purposes only with regards to webscraping for videos, we take no responsibility for people who decide to actually use this repository.*