Chimimouryou is a CLI tool that lets you search for anime and stream episodes directly in your terminal. Run chimi search, pick a show, choose an episode, and it launches in MPV fullscreen. No browser, no ads, no accounts. About 950 lines of Go.
Type your query into a centered text input. The TUI sends it to a custom Vercel backend that wraps GoGoAnime.
Results come back as a styled, keyboard-navigable list. Arrow keys to move, enter to select.
Select a show and get the full episode list. Same keyboard-driven navigation.
The app fetches an M3U8 stream URL, prioritizing 1080p with a 720p fallback, and launches MPV in fullscreen.
The app is a state machine with four screens: search, anime list, episode list, and video playback. Each screen is an independent Bubble Tea model following the Elm architecture — Model, Update, View. No callbacks. Everything flows through message passing.
CLI Layer
Cobra parses commands and flags
TUI Layer
Bubble Tea handles state and rendering
API Layer
HTTP client talks to Vercel backend
Language
Go 1.23
TUI
Bubble Tea + Lipgloss
CLI
Cobra
Streaming
MPV (M3U8)
Backend
Custom Vercel API
Distribution
Homebrew tap
The interface is styled with Lipgloss using a red accent theme and rounded borders. It runs in alt-screen mode so your terminal stays clean when you quit. The layout responds to window resizing and everything is keyboard-driven — no mouse needed. Navigation feels like moving through screens on a phone, just with arrow keys and enter.
Instead of scraping directly, Chimimouryou talks to a custom Vercel backend that wraps GoGoAnime. Three endpoints handle everything:
/anime/gogoanime/{query}Search for anime by name
/anime/gogoanime/info/{id}Get episode list for a show
/anime/gogoanime/watch/{ep}Get M3U8 stream URLs for an episode