A federated or FOSS variant of IMDB?
We have bookwyrm.social, which does an excellent job at replacing the need for goodreads (which is owned by Amazon). But is there an alternative to imdb.com?
Syndicated from the fediverse. Read and engage on the original instance.
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TheMovieDB and Open Movie Database are popular alternatives but not FOSS IIRC. LibreMD is a FOSS front end for IMDB.
@hitagi @krash
Thanks for sharing, it's actually Libremdb: https://github.com/zyachel/libremdb
I think recently IMDB went full evil and asking you to sign up to see episodes list of a show. This affects the front end and it can't access episode lists. I just tried it with Doctor Who
Whoops! I missed a letter. But yes that's the one.
Just checked out LibreMD on your suggestion, it’s awesome!
@hitagi @krash I think @caseyliss of @atpfm fame is working on an #iOS app for TMDB. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accidental-tech-podcast/id617416468?i=1000607913378
I think @[email protected] of ATP fame is working on an iOS app for TMDB. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accidental-tech-podcast/id617416468?i=1000607913378
IMO it would fit well in the *brainz family (see musicbrainz), and there has been discussion about it, but nobody has taken the initiative to actually start it yet.
What's wrong with IMDB?
It's owned by Amazon.
FML
Really bummed me out when I learned about that
Yeah, such a great resource. Maybe TheMovieDB is close? Not sure who owns that.
It's not FOSS but looks better than imdb
Off topic, but I feel pretty old. I used to regularly download the entire IMDB and browse on my Amiga.
Thanks for the nostalgia. Haven't seen the LHA file format in the wild for years!
@krash I would love that.
A generic review website might be better (something like metacritic) that can also review games and software.
In a similar vein, I would love to see a fediverse Letterbox.