A high-performance, DirectStorage-native container format for comics and manga.

Bound Book Format (.bbf) is a high-performance binary container designed specifically for digital comic books and manga. Unlike CBR/CBZ, BBF is built for DirectStorage/mmap, easy integrity checks, and mixed-codec containerization.

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ComicOPDS is a lightweight OPDS server written in Python, designed for serving CBZ comics with metadata extracted from ComicInfo.xml. It's optimized for large libraries, supports FastAPI + SQLite + FTS5 search, thumbnail caching, and streaming (OPDS PSE 1.1).

Where You Read, Digest and Get Insight.

Readest is a modern, open-source ebook reader for immersive reading. Seamlessly sync your progress, notes, highlights, and library across macOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and the Web.

• Readest @ GitHub.

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Komga is a free and open source comics/mangas server. Browse libraries, series and books via a responsive web UI that works on desktop, tablets and phones

• Komga @ GitHub.

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KOReader is a document viewer for E Ink devices. Supported fileformats include EPUB, PDF, DjVu, XPS, CBT, CBZ, FB2, PDB, TXT, HTML, RTF, CHM, DOC, MOBI and ZIP files. It’s available for Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Android and desktop Linux.

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PHP web-based viewer for .cbr and .cbz comic book archives