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Any FOSS IMDb clients? (self.opensource)
submitted 1 month ago by ElPussyKangaroo to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

I use Anilist to track my anime and manga. But haven't found anything that provides a similar experience in regular movie and TV show tracking, or even books.

For games, there's a service called Backloggd that uses the IGDb database. For movies, I have used Letterboxd but the Android app is garbage at best.

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[-] skvlp@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

TMDB (https://www.themoviedb.org/) maybe? Don’t think it has an app though.

[-] ElPussyKangaroo 2 points 1 month ago

Will check.

[-] GreatBlue@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

A bit late, but keep in mind, TMDB is not FOSS and is owned and run by a private company.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 9 points 1 month ago

Firefox works well. Its FOSS

[-] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 1 month ago

Ok haha. But seriously though, any suggestions?

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am serious. I have no idea what more you're asking for, because I only access IMDb in a web browser, and I only use open source web browsers.

Maybe you could clarify?

[-] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, ok. Sure... So, I agree that pretty much everything can be done via a browser. But sometimes, the website falls short. The 3rd party clients end up making the service much more usable.

Idk how to explain this better than say, Letterboxd. The app sucks ass. You can't select multiple movies and shows to add to a watchlist or a watched list. You can't perform bulk actions. The UI is terrible. The UX is worse. But if someone were able to make use of the database that letterboxd uses, then that would make my day.

[-] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I use tmdb. There are apps but none official so I use the website as a shortcut

[-] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 1 month ago

Oh. Interesting... Will check.

[-] anzo@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

trakt.tv or tmdb.org are common. I like the latter, it has better DB than the amazon-biased imdb..

[-] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 1 month ago

Trakt is an Amazon product?

[-] anzo@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

no, IMDb is. And between the alternatives given, I like TMDB.

[-] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 1 month ago

Fair enough. Will try.

[-] sem@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago
[-] ElPussyKangaroo 1 points 1 month ago

Looks promising.

this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2024
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