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📖 Overview

Yukari is a modern, extensible manga, webtoon and comic reader made for Windows.

Built with WinUI 3 and .NET 10, it delivers a clean Fluent Design interface, a fast local SQLite-backed library, and a flexible plugin system to add any source — all 100% private with no telemetry, ads, or required accounts.

Enjoy offline reading of your downloaded/local collection, with optional online discovery and scraping via community plugins (e.g., MangaDex, etc.).

Now stable — ready for daily use, with active development ongoing.

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✨ Current Features

  • 📚 Local Library — Save your favorites, with automatic progress tracking per chapter and language
  • 📥 Offline Downloads — Download chapters for offline reading, with full download management
  • 📂 Local Comics — Read comics stored on your device (folders or CBZ files)
  • 📋 Collections — Organize favorites into custom collections
  • 🔍 Advanced Search — Full filtering support (tags, status, etc.) in the Discover section
  • 📖 Powerful Reader — RTL / LTR / Vertical / Webtoon modes, Fit Width / Fit Height / Fit Screen / Original Size scaling, double-tap to zoom, and a page slider to jump anywhere in the chapter
  • ⚙️ Dynamic Plugins — Add as many comic/manga sources as you want (maintained by the community)
  • 🌙 Dark / Light Theme — Automatic system theme support (Fluent Design with WinUI 3)
  • 🛡️ 100% Local & Private — No telemetry, no ads, no mandatory login or cloud sync
  • 🌍 Multilingual — interface available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese

📥 Installation

  • ⬇️ With Installer:
    • Go to Releases and download the latest version Yukari.Setup.exe;
    • Run Yukari.Setup.exe, then proceed with the installation, confirm what is necessary, and you're done;
    • After installation, Yukari will be available in your Start Menu.
  • 📦 With Scoop Package Manager:
    • Ensure you have Scoop running on your machine; you can install it here;
    • Add Asterism Bucket running this command on Windows Terminal (CMD/Powershell): scoop bucket add asterism https://github.com/TXG0Fk3/Asterism;
    • And finally install Yukari: scoop install asterism/yukari;
    • The Yukari will now be available in your Start Menu, in a folder called "Scoop Apps"; you can run it from there.

📚 Comic Sources Installation

Yukari doesn't come with pre-installed Comic Sources for legal reasons. You add the sources you want through community plugins.

  • Go to Yukari-App Repositories;
  • Select a Plugin.* that you prefer;
  • Go to Releases and download the .dll file from the latest version;
    • If your installed Yukari is not up to date, download a compatible plugin.
  • Inside Yukari, go to Settings and look for Sources;
  • Click on Add New Source and select the downloaded .dll Plugin;
  • Done. Now you can go to Discover and search for Comics in that source.

🗒️ Notes

  • This is a stable release: the core experience is solid, and updates will continue to add features and improvements.
  • A Wiki/Documentation will be created soon.
  • For the latest updates and known issues, check the Releases page.

⚠️ Disclaimer

Yukari is a neutral reading application. By itself, it does not host, provide, aggregate, or distribute any content.

It operates similarly to a web browser: users are free to navigate to any source they choose. The application does not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for the content accessed through plugins.

All online content is accessed exclusively through plugins that interface with external sources. While some plugins may be maintained under the Yukari-App organization or by the same developers, the Yukari project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or responsible for any of the external sources or the content they provide.

Users are solely responsible for ensuring that their use of Yukari and any associated plugins complies with all applicable laws and copyright regulations in their jurisdiction. The developers of Yukari assume no liability for the availability, accuracy, legality, or copyright status of content accessed through any plugins.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! You can help improve Yukari in several ways:

  • 🐛 Report issues: Found a bug or unexpected behavior? Open an issue describing the problem.
  • ✨ Suggest features: Have an idea to make Yukari better? Share it in the issues tab.
  • 🔧 Submit pull requests: Fix bugs, improve code quality, or add new features.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0. See the LICENSE file for details.