AniBeam

Your anime folder, as a library you can watch and track.

Point AniBeam at the folder your shows live in. It finds every series, matches it on AniList, plays episodes right in the window and keeps your list up to date.

Download AniBeam Other platforms

Free and open source. Linux, Windows, Mac and Android.

~/Anime
  1. Sousou no Frieren/Frieren - 01.mkvSousou no Frieren28 episodes
  2. Dungeon Meshi/Dungeon Meshi - 07.mkvDungeon Meshi24 episodes
  3. Bocchi the Rock/Bocchi - 12.mkvBocchi the Rock!12 episodes
  4. Kusuriya/Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - 03.mkvKusuriya no Hitorigoto24 episodes
  5. Vinland Saga S2/Vinland Saga - 18.mkvVINLAND SAGA Season 224 episodes
  6. Movies/Suzume (2022).mkvSuzume no TojimariFilm
AniBeam's Home page: recently downloaded shows and shows not started yet, as poster cards with episode progress

Drop files in, get a library

New files show up on their own, matched, with posters, synopses and what airs next. Nothing to import and no folder to rescan.

Plays in the window
Built on mpv. It remembers where you stopped, offers the next episode, and every key is one ? away.
Tracks for you
Watch most of an episode and it lands on AniList or MyAnimeList. Progress goes both ways.
Knows what airs
This season's shows, what is out now, and when the next episode lands.
New episodes arrive
Subscribe to a release once and every new episode downloads as it comes out. AniBeam ships with no sources; you add your own.
Franchise graph
Sequels, prequels and side stories on one map, so you know what to watch next.
Thirty-five themes
Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Tokyo Night and Nord among them, or the AniBeam ones.
Updates itself
Stable or Nightly, picked in Settings, with a What's new card after each update.
A phone app
Android keeps a library of its own and can stream yours from home over Tailscale.
A series page with its banner, episode list and watch progress
A series page
The Library grid with every show as a poster
The whole library

Install

The newest version is on the releases page.

Linux

Download the AppImage

On Arch: yay -S anibeam-bin

The AppImage runs on Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13, Fedora 40 and later. Make it executable, then open it.

Windows

Download the installer

Or the portable zip

Windows 10 and 11. Installs for you alone, no admin prompt. If SmartScreen stops it, click More info, then Run anyway.

Mac

Download the dmg

With Homebrew: brew install --cask marcusbandit/anibeam/anibeam

macOS 15 and later, Apple silicon. The first launch asks once: System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway.

Android

Download the APK

Sideload it. It tracks to the same AniList or MyAnimeList account as your computer.

After that, AniBeam updates itself.

First steps

  1. Add your library

    Click Add a folder on Home and pick your anime folder. One folder per show works best.

  2. Connect a tracker

    Settings, Library, Trackers, Connect. Approve AniBeam in the browser and your list comes along. You can skip this.

  3. Watch

    Click a show, then an episode. Space plays and pauses.

  4. Get new episodes

    Add an endpoint repo in Settings, Downloads, install the sources you want, then subscribe to a show. Also optional.