Houdoku is a free and open source manga reader for the desktop.
- Read manga from popular websites or import ones from your filesystem, all in one place.
- Download chapters for offline reading.
- Customizable reader interface with multiple layouts and settings.
- Tagging and filtering support to easily browse and manage large libraries.
- Cross-platform!
Download Houdoku from the official website.
Alternatively, you can download manually from the GitHub releases page.
User guides and documentation are available on houdoku.org.
Install dependencies:
pnpm i
Start the app in the dev environment:
pnpm dev
Application: This is an Electron application. The majority of the functionality is performed in the renderer thread. Exceptions are for cases like accessing the window class (i.e. to support minimizing the window), locating application directories, and for working with extensions. The renderer can invoke these functions through ipc.
UI: The interface uses React components. Most base components (text, buttons, links, etc.) come from Mantine.
State: Recoil is used for state management. Hooks are used for small non-shared behavior.
Storage: Library data and settings are saved with localStorage. Thumbnails are stored in
the user-data path.
Plugins/Extensions: See the Tiyo repo. Dynamic loading is handled by aki-plugin-manager.
Houdoku allows users to import manga from their filesystem (e.g. as zip files or folders of images). To read manga from 3rd-party "content sources", the Tiyo plugin can be installed from the Plugins tab in the client.
To learn about Tiyo or request a new content source, please go to https://github.com/xgi/tiyo