seanime-docker/seanime-2.9.10/seanime-denshi/README.md

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

# Working dir: ./seanime-web
npm run dev:denshi

Sidecar

1. Build the server

   # 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

   # 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.

   # Working dir: ./seanime-desktop
   TEST_DATADIR="/path/to/data/dir" npm run dev
   

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Build

Web Interface

# 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

# UNIX command
mv ./seanime-web/out ./web
mv ./seanime-web/out-denshi ./seanime-denshi/web-denshi

Sidecar

1. Build the server

   # 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/...