# Zou (Kitsu API)

- id: src_01M569CAVWZJMQPX0T4V7V0BPM
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T04 · tags: level:established, production-tracking, api, animation, vfx
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:52.369Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569CAVWZJMQPX0T4V7V0BPM

Source: https://github.com/cgwire/zou

Id reused from research/2026-10-16/seed-catalog.json.

```json
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  "archived": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "Python/Flask backend and REST API of Kitsu: stores productions, assets, shots, tasks, casting and validation data and ties pipeline tools together; the data layer an agent would script against.",
  "source_type": "repository",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [
    "Python",
    "PostgreSQL (typical; not verified here)"
  ],
  "source_owner": "CG Wire",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [],
  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-16T13:57:40.000Z"
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] README: Zou is the Kitsu API; it stores and manages data of animation/VFX productions and links all tools of a pipeline. · locator: README intro · source: https://github.com/cgwire/zou
- [sourced_fact] README: dedicated Python client Gazu for interacting with the API. · locator: README intro · source: https://github.com/cgwire/zou
- [sourced_fact] AGPL-3.0 license; last push 2026-10-16. · locator: LICENSE file · source: https://github.com/cgwire/zou/blob/main/LICENSE
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- code: license=AGPL-3.0 hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=permitted training=unknown · AGPL-3.0: network-use copyleft applies to hosted modifications. No model-training statement. · evidence: https://github.com/cgwire/zou/blob/main/LICENSE

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