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Life & fun · June 17, 2014

We open-sourced our anime discovery application

:hammer: The tools we use to build Kitsu, the coolest platform for anime and manga - hummingbird-me/kitsu-tools

We open-sourced our anime discovery application launched on June 17, 2014 with 91 votes, #308 of 1,531 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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In plain words

Kitsu is an open-source anime and manga discovery platform that provides the tools used to build the application itself. Available on GitHub, it enables developers to access and build upon the same infrastructure used for the main Kitsu platform. The project is designed for anime and manga enthusiasts and developers interested in creating discovery and community features for these media types.

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