trace.moe
FreemiumLiveLast verified 24 Sept 2026
Identifies the exact anime, episode and timestamp a screenshot or video frame comes from.
Example request
curl -s 'https://api.trace.moe/search?url=https://images.plurk.com/32B15UXxymfSMwKGTObY5e.jpg'
Free tier, in plain English
No key needed for 100 anime-scene searches a day; Patreon sponsorship raises the daily quota, concurrency and queue priority.
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