Seanime Denshi
Electron-based desktop client for Seanime. Embeds server and web interface. Successor to Seanime Desktop.
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## Prerequisites
- Go 1.24+
- Node.js 20+ and npm
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## Seanime Denshi vs Seanime Desktop
Pros:
- Linux support
- Better consistency accross platforms (fewer bugs)
- Built-in player support for torrent/debrid streaming without transcoding
Cons:
- Greater memory usage
- Larger binary size (from ~80mb to ~300mb)
## TODO
- [ ] Built-in player
- Server: Stream subtitle extraction, thumbnail generation
- [ ] Testing on Windows (Fix titlebar in fullscreen)
- [ ] Fix crash screen
- [ ] Test server reconnection
- [ ] Test updates, auto updates
## Development
### Web Interface
```shell
# Working dir: ./seanime-web
npm run dev:denshi
```
### Sidecar
1. Build the server
```shell
# Working dir: .
# Windows
go build -o seanime.exe -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -tags=nosystray
# Linux, macOS
go build -o seanime -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w"
```
2. Move the binary to `./seanime-denshi/binaries`
3. Rename the binary:
- For Windows: `seanime-server-windows.exe`
- For macOS/Intel: `seanime-server-darwin-amd64`
- For macOS/ARM: `seanime-server-darwin-arm64`
- For Linux/x86_64: `seanime-server-linux-amd64`
- For Linux/ARM64: `seanime-server-linux-arm64`
### Electron
1. Setup
```shell
# Working dir: ./seanime-denshi
npm install
```
2. Run
`TEST_DATADIR` can be used in development mode, it should point to a dummy data directory for testing purposes.
```shell
# Working dir: ./seanime-desktop
TEST_DATADIR="/path/to/data/dir" npm run dev
```
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## Build
### Web Interface
```shell
# Working dir: ./seanime-web
npm run build
npm run build:denshi
```
Move the output `./seanime-web/out` to `./web`
Move the output `./seanime-web/out-denshi` to `./seanime-denshi/web-denshi`
```shell
# UNIX command
mv ./seanime-web/out ./web
mv ./seanime-web/out-denshi ./seanime-denshi/web-denshi
```
### Sidecar
1. Build the server
```shell
# Working dir: .
# Windows
go build -o seanime.exe -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -tags=nosystray
# Linux, macOS
go build -o seanime -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w"
```
2. Move the binary to `./seanime-denshi/binaries`
3. Rename the binary:
- For Windows: `seanime-server-windows.exe`
- For macOS/Intel: `seanime-server-darwin-amd64`
- For macOS/ARM: `seanime-server-darwin-arm64`
- For Linux/x86_64: `seanime-server-linux-amd64`
- For Linux/ARM64: `seanime-server-linux-arm64`
### Electron
To build the desktop client for all platforms:
```
npm run build
```
To build for specific platforms:
```
npm run build:mac
npm run build:win
npm run build:linux
```
Output is in `./seanime-denshi/dist/...`