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# Manga Megathread

Everrything Manga Related!

# Websites

# Reader

  • Mangadex R+
    • Uploads without compression
    • Best reader UI
    • Uploads from various scanlation groups
    • No official translations since it was created for fansub
  • Comick R
    • Minimal compression
    • Aggregates from various scanlation groups
    • Has official translations
  • Mangasee | Mangalife | Atsumaru R
    • Has official translations
    • Compresses chapter images
    • Chapter updates are relatively slow
    • Atsumaru scrapes from Mangasee but has better UI
  • Colored Manga R
    • Uploads without compression but mostly Shounen centric
    • Has both B&W and colored releases
    • Uploads official translations & volume releases (if available)
    • Lacks in library and upload schedule
  • Mangapark R+
    • No Compressed uploads (If source had no compression)
    • Has official translations
    • UI is a bit cluttered with no upload tags
  • Batoto | Mangatoto R+
    • Has official translations
    • Has some exclusive uploads
    • Indexing is poor quality

R+ Uploads NSFW content on a regular basis.

R Uploads NSFW content, but not always/all of them.

R- Rarely uploads NSFW content.

E Only SFW content.

NR Haven't been rated yet.

Note: None of the websites mentioned are exclusively dedicated to NSFW content. Click here for the hmanga sites.

# Scanlator

I have added all the well-known scanlators for manhwa and manhua, but for manga, it's not practical or possible to add all the famous ones. So I have added my favorite ones. Yes, this section is kind of biased.

# Nyaa Uploaders

# Direct Download

All the Legal manga reading sites are listed here and here.

# Software

# Android

  • Tachiyomi Web Forks
    • Great Customizable UI
    • Ton of manga sources
    • Download and local reader support
    • Tracking & sync support
    • High cache consumption
  • Perfect Viewer Local
    • The reader itself is really good with a lot of filters
    • Has plugin support for the cloud services but not for manga websites
    • Support for all the comic formats.
    • The app is light but the UI looks old
    • A few features are behind paywall
  • Kotatsu Web
    • Minimalist UI with limited customization
    • Offers Manga Suggestions
    • Download and local reader support
    • Tracking & sync support
    • Lacks some basic features

# PC

# Manga

# Online:

  • Houdoku win mac lin
    • Easy to setup
    • Good Customizable UI
    • Has good amount of extensions
    • Tracker integration
    • Can download manga
  • Tachidesk win mac lin
    • Uses the same extensions and backups as tachiyomi so good extension support
    • UI is same as tachiyomi
    • Can download manga
    • No tracker integration
  • Tachidesk base
    • lots of sources to pick from
    • basic settings for reading
    • lacks basic reader features
    • complicated requirements such as JAVA
  • Sorayomi
    • Needs Tachidesk server to work
    • Minimal and easy to use, outdated 2022
    • insufficient features
    • loads slowly (depends on your internet)
  • Tachidesk JUI
    • Needs Tachidesk server to work
    • Batch downloading manga
    • new tab window while stream reading

# Offline:

  • CDisplayEx win
    • Minimalist UI
    • Fast and simple reader with good amount of configuration
    • Has more resizing options
    • No vertical reading mode
  • YACReader win mac lin
    • Fast and customizable
    • Comes with YAClibrary, which is like calibre for comics
    • No vertical reading mode
  • OpenComic win mac lin
    • Decent UI
    • Initial load times is slightly slower than above two readers
    • Has vertical reading mode with limited amount of customization

# iOS

  • Paperback Web
    • Very clean UI with changeable theme
    • Tracker & sync support
    • Many different download options
    • AppStore Release only for selected countries
  • Aidoku Web
    • Available on Tesflight (no Sideloading needed)
    • Many sources
    • Tracker support
    • Chapter download possible
    • Still in active Development
  • Hanami
    • Available on Testflight (no Sideloading required)
    • OK-ish UI with some lags
    • only MangaDex as a source. So, therefore no official releases
  • YACReader Local Paid
    • Multiple transfer options and local reader support
    • Support for cbz, cbr, zip, tar, arj, pdf, and rar formats as well as image formats
    • Ability to backup comics
  • SideBooks Cloud
    • Supports PDF,ZIP,CBZ,RAR and CBR
    • Has all the necessary features
    • Old looking UI but very functional and customizable.
    • Good amount of features paywalled

# Downloaders

  • Hakuneko
    • Currently the best downloader
    • Huge number of sites supported
    • Customizable UI
    • Can dowload anime too
  • Free Manga Downloader 2
    • Supports almost every major site
  • MangaL
    • TUI based
    • Very Fast
    • You can add your own lua scrapers for non-supported sites (mangadex and mangasee already supported)
  • Mangadex Downloader
    • CLI based
    • Mangadex downloader
    • Easy to use and fast
  • HDoujin Downloader
    • Huge list of supported nsfw sites
    • Good UI, many settings and amazing speed
    • But has a 25 chapter daily limit
  • Hitomi Downloader
    • Supports mostly nsfw sites but works great for the supported ones