Houdoku is a desktop manga reader and library manager designed to bring local material and external content sources into the same interface.
Local manga can be imported from image folders and archives. Additional online sources are supplied through the Tiyo plugin system, keeping source-specific functionality separate from the main application.
Houdoku places particular emphasis on organising a growing collection, with tagging and filtering alongside configurable reading layouts.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Import locally stored manga into a central library.
- Read manga from image folders.
- Open locally stored archive files.
- Download chapters for offline reading.
- Configurable reader with multiple layouts.
- Reader settings can be adjusted to suit different types of manga and webtoons.
- Tag titles to organise larger libraries.
- Filter the library to narrow down large collections.
- Install third-party content sources through the Tiyo plugin.
- Manage content-source functionality separately from the core application.
- Extensions are dynamically loaded by the application.
- Library information and settings are retained locally.
- Thumbnail data is stored in the application data directory.
- Electron-based desktop interface built with React.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/xgi/houdoku
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Developer: xgi
License: MIT License
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