I've rewritten the webpage.
Now it shows animated GIF preview for all results instead of static thumbnails. Generating that many animated previews is cpu-consuming, so the number of results are capped to top 5 only.
On top left, you can see your search image that is used for searching. Previously this was drawn behind canvas which is...
2021-02-17 18:24:26 +0000 UTC View Post
- Change: image preview endpoint has changed, the url is now consistent with video preview
- New: size param for image/video preview
Please refer to https://soruly.github.io/trace.moe/#/#previews
2021-01-30 09:57:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the most recent database dump for trace.moe which contains image hashes of ~5000 anime titles. (No video files included)
Comparing to last DB dump, this data set has recent anime added, and has replaced many subbed versions with ...
2020-10-18 13:09:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
I wanted to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing which may affect some of your pledges. Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st.
Less than half of all patrons will be charged sales tax, an...
2020-05-29 01:52:17 +0000 UTC View Post
A new search algorithm has been added to trace.moe. You can try this using the "Use new algo" check box near the search button. This new algorithm has better support on flipped and cropped images. See results above.
This new algorithm still needs fine-tuning of its parameters, so I'm now opening this option for everyone to try. For develop...
2020-04-13 10:48:27 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the most recent database dump for trace.moe which contains image hashes of ~100,000 anime files. (No video files included)
Comparing to last DB dump, this data set has recent anime added and versions from different subgroups de-d...
2020-04-13 08:56:21 +0000 UTC View Post
If your OS is in dark mode, it would switch to dark mode automatically without any settings.
For windows, it'd be in settings => personalization => color
For macOS, it'd be in system preferences => general => appearance
You can now easily use http://trace.moe API directly with image URL
現在可以簡單直接把圖片網址交給 http://trace.moe API 搜尋了
e.g. 2019-09-14 12:01:54 +0000 UTC
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https://nyaa.si/view/1140819
This is the most recent database dump for trace.moe which contains image hashes of ~100,000 anime files. (No video files included)
These can be loaded into sola database for searching locally. I'm still modifying sola and document the ...
2019-05-04 12:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Recently I've been improving webpage loading times in various ways:
- Re-write webpage js to remove heavy libraries like jQuery / bootstrap.js
- Use HTTP/2 Push to reduce round-trip times
- Upgraded Cloudflare CDN to pro plan ($20/month)
Now the webpage can complete loading in just 90ms!! (from regions close to origin ser...
2019-05-01 14:56:18 +0000 UTC View Post
New web UI layout for mobile devices!
A few days ago, I redesigned a the webpage layout a bit to better support mobile devices. (finally!) Though the layout isn't very perfect, at least it's easier to use and browse compared to the fixed viewport before. Try the webpage now at 2019-02-03 11:29:35 +0000 UTC
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Yesterday, the .ga domain provided by Freenom (domain name registrar) was suddenly suspended. I had no choice but immediately moved to trace.moe which I've been planning to move to.
As of today, officially supported integrations (WebExtensions, Telegram bot), and some major integrations (Discord, SauceNAO) has been updated to the new domain. In u...
2018-10-22 02:26:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been presenting about whatanime.ga for the last two years. This year, I presented my work to the public in Hong Kong Open Source Conference 2018. If you missed the event / couldn't join me in Hong Kong, you can revisit my presentation slides here: https://github.com/soruly/sl...
2018-06-29 13:53:08 +0000 UTC View Post
The last piece of puzzle in whatanime.ga has published.
The whatanime repository on GitHub has gain lot of developers' attention. However, it only include the code for the website and is not a fully functional system. Some of them are puzzled when they try to look into the code.
Last month, I've re-written those messy scripts into a new pro...
2018-05-01 16:58:09 +0000 UTC View Post
New testing site on https://beta.whatanime.ga
I've been testing a new beta site with improved performance on search speed.
A copy of the 130GB solr core from http://whatanime.ga is split into 10 smaller cores (10-16GB e...
Automatic black border crop is added to https://whatanime.ga
This significantly increase accuracy on bad screenshots
Already applied to both web, telegram bot and all API clients
2017-11-13 14:43:23 +0000 UTC
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With the use of whatanime.ga API, we now have two Android Apps on Play Store! Thanks Andrée Torres and Mystery0 ;)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maddog05.whatanime
2017-10-03 09:58:14 +0000 UTC
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I believe some of you are interested in what is being indexed on whatanime.ga . If you'd like to get notified when new anime are being indexed, you may subscribe to this Telegram channel.
https://t.me/whatanimeupdates
A presentation was given on 4 Jun 2017 in Hong Kong. The Presentation slides has been uploaded on https://go-talks.appspot.com/github.com/soruly/slides/whatanime.ga-2017.slide .
You may also find the links to past presentation sli...
2017-08-26 11:11:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Telegram Group support has landed! Add the bot to your telegram group and try this out! Just use @ to mention the bot on a photo. It also support GIF/video now
https://telegram.me/WhatAnimeBot
2017-08-26 11:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post
This database is super fast since it only index 4 videos (total ~22 minutes) from Animegraphy
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlts7S-MKOl3gyAkUSGp39Nsqy90nre_A
Each column represents one type of Image Descriptor.
Fro...
