[Release] movie-cli, a tool to watch, stream & download movies

Hey everyone,

Just finished building a tool called movie-cli, a sequel to my project music-cli. This one’s focused on Hollywood movies, especially for Linux users, minimalists, and terminal junkies like me who can’t stand cluttered, slow-ass websites.

What it does:

Scrapes data from various piracy-heavy Indian movie sites (yep, the ones with infinite ads and popups)

Since I’ve prescraped the database, you won’t need to scrape again, it will load from the database.

Presents it all in your terminal — fast, clean, and distraction-free

You can stream or download right from the CLI

Why I built it: I have ADHD, and going to those kinds of sites gave me actual fun, too many fake buttons, autoplay ads, and 5 redirects before you even see the movie. So I spent the whole day obsessively scraping the site, dodging ads, untangling scripts, and it eventually paid off. Now I have a clean terminal interface to play whatever I want without touching a browser.

Built with:

Python (core logic, scraping)

Node.js + Puppeteer (for dealing with JS-heavy pages)

Note: I haven’t written a proper README yet because today was all scraping, no sleep. I’ll document everything tomorrow & download option hasn’t been added yet.

Link: https://github.com/lamsal27/movie-cli

Install Python dependencies as per the code

Install Node.js & Puppeteer

Fire it up, choose a movie, stream or download, and done.

Feel free to open issues or PRs! This one’s for the minimalists.