Griffith is a movie collection manager application. Adding items to the movie collection is as quick and easy as typing the film title and selecting a supported source.
Griffith will then try to fetch all the related information from the Web.
Griffith uses the pyGTK+ library, a GTK+ binding for Python.
Key Features
- Fetches film information from the Internet based on your locale via a plug-in:
- Brazilian Portuguese: E-Pipoca.
- Czech: CSFD.
- English: IMDb, DVD Empire, AnimeDB, Moviefone, Mediadis.
- French: Allocine, Cinemovies.
- German: FilmeVonA-Z.de, Kino.de, OFDb.
- Italian: Cinematografo.
- Polish: Wirtualna Polska, FDb, Tanuki-Anime, Onet, Filmweb, Stopklatka.
- Portuguese: 7arte, PTGate, Clube MyDVD.
- Integrates well with a database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3 used by default) to keep tabs on your library.
- Can backup/restore your database.
- Exports to CSV, PDF, XML and HTML files.
- Imports from CSV files.
- Generates PDF from cover art.
- Keeps track of your films that are out on loan.
- Enables you to sort/filter your library.
- Has built-in multi-language support.
Website: launchpad.net/griffith
Support:
Developer: Vasco Nunes, Piotr Ozarowski and other contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

Griffith is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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