Best Manga reader for Linux
September 10, 2022

If you love reading manga, you have got the perfect app for reading Manga on Linux.

It’s called Kommiku.

With Kommiku, you can read, download and organize your collection.

Recently, Komikku got ported to GTK4 and libadwaita which provides new modern look and feel!

It is an open-source manga reader available as a Linux-only application, it will fit well with your GNOME desktop but you can use it on any distributions.

Features

  • It comes with a lot of servers to choose from.
  • You can download and read comics offline.

  • It supports RTL, LTR, Vertical and Webtoon reading modes.

  • A lot of touchpad gestures, touchscreen support, support for left-right swipe using arrrow keys.

  • Automatic manga or comic updates.

  • Automatic new chapter download.

  • Keeps reading history.

  • Light and dark themes.

  • Able to scale for various screen sizes - adaptive UI

  • It provides you details, info, summary and chapters page.

How to Install

You can install Komikku from Flathub

Or type the following command in terminal

flatpak --user install info.febvre.Komikku

For Fedora:

sudo dnf install komikku

For Arch Linux (available in AUR):

yay -Syu komikku

If you want to try the new GTK4 and libadwaita theme install the Flatpak beta version available in the flathub-beta remote.

Check Official website and Gitlab.

Conclusion

Komikku provides excellent experience with clean and minimal UI. Some servers might not work sometimes, but managing your collection and offline manga won’t be a problem.

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