About Chibi CLI
Chibi for AniList - A lightweight anime & manga tracker CLI app powered by AniList.
Chibi for AniList - A lightweight anime & manga tracker CLI app powered by AniList.
Chibi for AniList - A lightweight anime & manga tracker CLI app powered by AniList.
✨ What's New
🎨 Theme System
- Added comprehensive theme support with customizable color palettes
- New chibi theme command to view and set active themes
- Support for custom themes via TOML files in DATA_DIR/themes
- Four built-in themes: default, nord, sunset, and forest
- Environment variable override: CHIBI_THEME for temporary theme switching
📊 JSON Output Support
- Added -j, --json flag to all major commands for structured JSON output
- chibi ls --json outputs media list with romaji, english, and native titles
- chibi search --json outputs search results in JSON format
- chibi profile --json outputs profile information as JSON
- chibi info --json outputs detailed media information including synonyms
📁 Data Directory Customization
- Custom data directory support via environment variables
- CHIBI_DATA_PATH (preferred) - set custom data storage location
- CHIBI_PATH (legacy fallback) - for backward compatibility
- Documentation updated with examples for both bash and PowerShell
📚 Expanded Media Information
- Added synonyms field to media info queries and responses
- Extended title metadata: romaji, english, and native titles across all commands
- Next airing episode information for anime (timestamps with countdown)
- Fixed search query spacing (words now properly separated)
🐧 AUR Package Support
- Added Arch Linux User Repository (AUR) integration
- New chibi-cli-git package for development/latest builds
- New chibi-cli-bin package for pre-built releases
- Automated PKGBUILD generation and AUR publishing in CI/CD
📖 Documentation Improvements
- New documentation pages for info and theme commands
- Updated all command guides with JSON flag examples
- Fixed documentation links (changed from develop to main branch)
- Added contributors section to README
- Custom data directory configuration guide
⚙️ Build & Deployment
- Updated GitHub Actions workflow for better build efficiency
- Added Go module caching to improve build times
- Changed trigger from pull_request to push on main branch
- Added AUR publishing workflow step
🔧 Code Quality & Refactoring
- Introduced theme system with centralized color palette management
- Separated theme colors from hardcoded hex values throughout UI
- Added comprehensive unit tests for theme loading and persistence
- Improved data path resolution with environment variable support
- Refactored media list and search UI components for JSON support
- Fixed indentation and formatting inconsistencies
📦 Dependency Updates …
| Publisher | Cosmic Predator |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.2.1 |
| Release date | 2026-03-24 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | inno |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | CosmicPredator.Chibi |
winget install --id=CosmicPredator.Chibi -ewinget upgrade --id=CosmicPredator.Chibi -ewinget uninstall --id=CosmicPredator.Chibi -e"chibi_1.2.1_installer.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-Yes. Chibi CLI is free and open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license.
The latest version is 1.2.1, released on Mar 24, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 76e4f8f95ec8af8a11c7d1b50a8bdd3cade73ba6043d83ca64f3058735e66609.
Chibi CLI runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Run the offline installer with "chibi_1.2.1_installer.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=CosmicPredator.Chibi -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Chibi CLI and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=CosmicPredator.Chibi -e.