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Browse with context
Search provider catalogs, explore AniList trends and relations, then match the exact season with confidence-ranked mappings.
AniList dashboardSeason-aware resultsGrid or compact view
Desktop anime, thoughtfully assembled
Your watchlist.
Your player. Your room.
AniPlay brings discovery, provider-aware playback, AniList, downloads, and synchronized rooms into one focused desktop app.
Windows 10/11 primary
Linux builds available
GPL-3.0
AniPlay
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
23:42
Watch Together
3 friends connected
AniList synced
Progress saved
6playback catalogs
32local achievements
10character room codes
0hosted media files
One app, complete flow
From “what next?” to now playing.
AniPlay keeps discovery, playback, progress, and people connected without turning your desktop into a maze of tabs.
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Play your way
Native HLS and video, provider embeds, quality selection, subtitle tracks, PiP, and persistent resume history.
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Keep it offline
Queue compatible sources, follow live FFmpeg progress, retry failures, and reveal completed episodes from the app.
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A profile that feels alive
Sync AniList progress, inspect genre DNA and watch-time statistics, unlock achievements, and generate shareable profile cards locally.
Real interface, synthetic data
Take the guided tour.
This deterministic showcase is generated from AniPlay's demo mode. No provider traffic, account data, or copyrighted footage.
Provider-aware by design
One interface.
Independent catalogs.
Providers are kept separate, with honest capability differences and visible fallbacks. AniPlay never hosts the media it discovers.
CatalogLanguageBest forStatus
Anikoto 1EN · SUB/DUBNative MegaPlay workflowDefault
Anikoto 2EN · SUB/H-SUB/DUBMultiple embedded serversNew
AniDB.appEN · SUB/DUBIndependent fallbackVerified
DesuPL · SUBPolish catalogRegional
DocchiPL · SUBExperimental catalogOpt-in
Availability, native playback, subtitles, and downloads vary by provider, episode, region, and network.
Watch Together
Same moment.
Different networks.
Create a room from a controllable source and share a short code. AniPlay coordinates playback while every participant resolves media locally.
- Host play, pause, seek, episode, and language sync
- Readiness, reconnect recovery, participants, and chat
- No media URLs, provider cookies, or AniList tokens in rooms
Room JG4211V5WM
CONNECTED
PLAYING TOGETHER
Episode 01 · SUB
18:24 / 23:42
VvorlieHOST
NnicoREADY
PpatriarchREADY
Local where it matters
Your viewing setup is yours.
AniPlay is explicit about what stays local and which services a feature contacts. It does not operate a hidden media backend.
Local history
Resume state, viewing events, preferences, and achievements stay in app data.
Encrypted sign-in
AniList authentication uses Electron secure storage when the platform provides it.
Isolated providers
Provider sessions, headers, and fallbacks are scoped rather than applied globally.
Opt-in torrents
Peer-to-peer playback starts only after consent and exposes its network implications.
Optional peer-to-peer playback
When catalogs aren't the answer.
Search ranked Nyaa releases, inspect seeders and file matches, then stream browser-compatible containers locally—or hand MKV to mpv.
127.0.0.1local stream only
Livepeers and transfer speed
You choosenever automatic fallback
Built in the open
Inspect it.
Break it.
Make it better.
Electron, React, TypeScript, Vite, and a provider architecture documented for contributors and neighboring projects.
# Clone and start AniPlay
$ git clone https://github.com/vorlie/AniPlayV2.git
$ cd AniPlayV2/ani-cli-gui
$ npm ci
$ npm run dev
# Validate a change
$ npm test
$ npm run lint
$ npm run build:uiReady when you are
Less searching.
More watching.
Download AniPlay, connect AniList if you want to, and make your desktop feel like your own.