Colombus is a film and series browser that runs entirely in your terminal,
plus a set of always-on-top desktop widgets that can launch with Windows..

Install

1. Download colombus-v0.1.0-win64.zip below and extract it anywhere.
2. Run colombus.exe.

No setup, no API keys, no .env — the keys are built in.

Keep the whole folder together: the .exe will not run without its
_internal directory beside it.

The bundled TMDB and OMDb keys are shared across everyone using this
build and are rate-limited accordingly. To use your own, sett
TMDB_API_KEY (or TMDB_ACCESS_TOKEN) and OMDB_API_KEY as environment
variables, or drop a .env beside the .exe — both override the
built-in values..

What's in it

Browse — search films, series and people; trending by day or week;
browse by genre with filters for industry, rating, decade and sort order..

Details — cast, reviews, episode lists by season, streaming
availability for your region, and posters rendered in the terminal..

Trailers — play them as terminal art with sound, or open them in
your browser..

Track — a watchlist with new-episode alerts, a watched list, and
viewing stats..

Widgets — press f8 (or ctrl+shift+w) to create named widget
profiles. Each one is a small always-on-top panel showing trendingg
titles, a genre feed, or your watched stats. Any profile can be set too
launch at Windows startup, and each remembers its own position andd
transparency..

Fixes in this release

• Widget profiles failed to launch at all: the profile never reached the
  widget, and the error was invisible because the process starts with noo
  console..
• The profile editor never loaded a saved profile back into the form, and
  cleared the form on every save..
• "Watched stats" widgets crashed on every refresh, and separately never
  refreshed at all once loaded..
• A widget whose saved position was on a monitor that is no longer
  attached restored off-screen, looking like it had not launched..
• --startup-add --startup-profile failed with a NameError.

Notes

Windows 64-bit. The app needs a terminal that handles Unicode well —
Windows Terminal is a good default. Posters use your terminal's imagee
protocol where one is available and fall back to block art otherwise..