A tool for building and maintaining anime databases by aggregating data from MyAnimeList, AniDB, TVDB, and TMDB.

go install github.com/varoOP/shinkrodb/cmd/shinkrodb@latest

Or download from releases.

Create $HOME/.config/shinkrodb/config.toml or use --config flag. See config.toml.example for reference.

Required:

• mal_client_id - MyAnimeList API Client ID (or SHINKRODB_MAL_CLIENT_ID)
• tmdb_api_key - TMDB API Key (or SHINKRODB_TMDB_API_KEY)

Optional:

• discord_webhook_url - Discord webhook for notifications (or SHINKRODB_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL)
• anidb_mode / tmdb_mode - Fetch modes: default, missing, all, or skip

# Run full database update
shinkrodb run [--anidb=<mode>] [--tmdb=<mode>] [--root-path=<path>]

# Migrate old HTML cache to SQLite
shinkrodb migrate

# Format mapping files
shinkrodb format [--root-path=<path>]

# Generate mapping files
shinkrodb genmap [--root-path=<path>]

# Show version
shinkrodb version

• malid.json - MAL IDs with titles and release dates
• malid-anidbid.json - Adds AniDB IDs (scraped from MAL)
• malid-anidbid-tvdbid.json - Adds TVDB IDs (from anime-lists)
• malid-anidbid-tvdbid-tmdbid.json - Adds TMDB IDs (from anime-lists + TMDB API)
• for-shinkro.json - Optimized for shinkro (duplicates removed)

• Caching: SQLite cache for efficient re-runs
• Configurable Fetching: Control which entries are scraped/fetched
• Notifications: Discord webhook support for run completion
• Statistics: Comprehensive coverage reports

• TVDB IDs: Provided by Anime-Lists/anime-lists
• TMDB IDs: Sourced from Anime-Lists/anime-lists and the TMDB API