mangadesk 📖

Note: Maintenance mode. Only severe bugs may be fixed.

The ultimate MangaDex terminal client!

Features ✨

• Download chapters straight to your computer.
• Login to keep track of your followed manga.
• Download multiple chapters together.
• Searching!
• (Yes, you can use this to scrape manga).
• Written in Golang :)

Works for Windows/Linux/macOS.

Installation 🔧

This application runs as a standalone executable, and does not need to be installed.

Check out the Releases Page for new releases. To update, just download the latest release.

For bleeding edge 🗡 updates, you may also compile from source:

$ git clone https://github.com/darylhjd/mangadesk.git
$ cd mangadesk
$ go get -d ./...
$ go build

Arch Linux

Mangadesk is available through the AUR and may be installed as such (thanks @AmaanHUB!). It may be installed manually or with your preferred AUR helper:

$ paru -S mangadesk

Ubuntu

Mangadesk is available through the MPR and can be installed manually or with your preferred MPR helper:

$ una install mangadesk

Void Linux

Mangadesk is available through the official Void repositories and can be installed via XBPS:

$ xbps-install -S mangadesk

Uninstall ❌

To uninstall, simply delete the executable and its related folders and files.

Your downloads will not be removed by deleting the executable.

Arch Linux

Uninstall with an AUR helper or with pacman:

$ pacman -R mangadesk

Ubuntu

Uninstall with a MPR helper or with APT:

$ una remove mangadesk

Void Linux

Uninstall with XBPS:

$ xbps-remove -R mangadesk

Usage ✍

To run the application, navigate to the directory where you stored the executable, and run the following command:

$ ./mangadesk

Steps may differ for different OSes. For example, in Windows, use a backslash \ instead.

Keybindings ⌨

Operation	Binding
Login/Logout	Ctrl + L
Keybindings/Help	Ctrl + K
Search	Ctrl + S
Next/Prev Page	Ctrl + F/B
Escape	Esc
Select a chapter	Ctrl + E
Toggle select all chapters	Ctrl + A
Toggle chapter(s) read status *Note: You can select multiple chapters to toggle!	Ctrl + R
Toggle manga following	Ctrl + Q

Settings ⚙

Refer to this document for configurable settings.

Issues ☠

Check out the Issues page for current issues/feature requests.

Contributing 🤝

Always welcome and appreciated :)

Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the contributing guidelines.

Learning Points 🧠

• Creating TUIs with tview/tcell.
• Working with the filesystem in Golang.
• Goroutines & Context.
• Go project structure.