Mylar3
An automated comic book downloader and library manager for CBR and CBZ files via NZB and torrents.
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About Mylar3
Mylar3 is the Python 3 version of Mylar, an automated downloader for comic books in CBR and CBZ format. You add the series you follow and it searches for new issues through Usenet (NZB) and torrent sources, hands them to your download client and post-processes the results into your library.
It runs as a self-hosted web application, includes a Dockerfile and an API reference, and bundles ComicTagger support for tagging files.
Strengths
- Tracks series and fetches new issues automatically
- Works with NZB and torrent download clients
- Post-processing and comic tagging built in
- Docker support and a documented API
Limitations
- Needs separately configured indexers and download clients
- License terms are not stated in the available research
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to self-host from the public repository.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- The Mylar3 contributors
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Comic readers automating a CBR and CBZ collection on a home server
- Categories
- Media servers, Ebook tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Kapowarr
A self-hosted application for building and managing a comic book library, in the style of the *arr apps.
Kapowarr manages a self-hosted comic library in the style of the *arr apps with a web interface and Docker files, without Mylar3's documented NZB and torrent client support.
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