A downloadable comic book reader for Windows and Linux

A free comic book reader and converter for Windows and Linux.

Features:

  • Windows & Linux versions
  • Compatible file formats[1]:
    • Comic books:
      • CBZ, CBR, CB7, PDF[5] and EPUB[2]
    • Image files:
      • JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF
    • Ebooks:
      • PDF[5] and EPUB[3]
  • Windowed (simple UI) and full-screen (no UI) modes
  • 'Fit to width', 'fit to height' and a customizable 'scale to height' page views
  • Page rotation
  • UI available in:
    • English, Spanish, Russian, German and Arabic
  • Automatically restores the previous session's last opened book and page, and remembers the last books' page positions.
  • Portable mode (by creating a file named portable.txt in the same folder as the executable)
  • Metadata editor:
    • View the metadata in PDF and EPUB files or stored in ComicInfo.xml files inside CBR, CBZ and CB7 comic books.
    • Create and/or modify the metadata in PDF and EPUB files or stored in ComicInfo.xml files inside unencrypted CBR[4], CBZ and CB7 comic books.
    • Search for and import comic book metadata from Comic Vine (a Comic Vine API key is required).
  • Integrated audio player:
    • Supports MP3, Ogg, WAV, M3U and M3U8 files.
    • Can export playlists to M3U files.
  • Tools:
    • Convert/Resize:
      • Comic books (CBR, CBZ, CB7, PDF[5] or EPUB[2] to CBR[4], CBZ, CB7, PDF or EPUB)
      • Images (JPG, PNG, AVIF or WebP)
    • Create:
      • A comic book (CBR[4], CBZ, CB7, PDF or EPUB) from a list of image files and/or comic books
      • A QR code image from text
    • Extract:
      • Comic book pages (to JPG, PNG, AVIF or WebP)
      • Text (OCR) from a comic book page or image file
      • A QR code's text from a comic book page or image file
      • A color palette from a comic book page or image file
        • Can be exported to a GPL or ACO palette file.
    • Other:
      • Search and open books/comics from:
        • Digital Comics Museum
        • Internet Archive Books
        • Project Gutenberg
        • xkcd Webcomics
        • Comic Book Plus
      • Search and open audiobooks from:
        • Librivox AudioBooks
      • Search dictionary terms from:
        • Wiktionary Dictionary
      • Search and open radio station streams from:
        • radio-browser

Notes:

[1]: Including password protected PDF, CBZ (AES encryption not supported), CB7 and CBR files.

[2]: Images only.

[3]: Reading EPUB Ebooks is an experimental / extra feature outside the main scope of the project. It may not work for all files and could be removed in future versions if necessary.

[4]: Creating and modifying CBR files are disabled by default. They can be enabled in the preferences but require a third-party command-line tool (rar from WinRAR) to be installed in the system.

[5]: PDF files larger than 2GB are not supported.

Open Source:

The source code for this program is open and available on GitHub, where you can also find betas and previous releases and contribute translations or feedback.

Updated 3 days ago
StatusReleased
CategoryTool
PlatformsWindows, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Authorbinarynonsense
Tagscb7, cbr, cbz, Comics, converter, epub, pdf, reader, software
Code licenseBSD 2-clause 'Simplified' License
Average sessionA few seconds
LanguagesGerman, English, Spanish; Castilian, Russian
LinksSource code

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ACBR Windows (v3.6.3) 167 MB
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ACBR Windows (Self-Extracting) (v3.6.3) 114 MB
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ACBR Linux (v3.6.3) 170 MB
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ACBR Linux (AppImage) (v3.6.3) 173 MB

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