ACBR Comic Book Reader
A downloadable comic book reader for Windows and Linux
A free comic book reader and converter for Windows and Linux.
Features:
- Windows & Linux versions
- Compatible file formats[1]:
- Comic books:
- CBZ, CBR, CB7, PDF[5] and EPUB[2]
- Image files:
- JPG, PNG, WebP and AVIF
- Ebooks:
- PDF[5] and EPUB[3]
- Comic books:
- Windowed (simple UI) and full-screen (no UI) modes
- 'Fit to width', 'fit to height' and a customizable 'scale to height' page views
- Page rotation
- UI available in:
- English, Spanish, Russian, German and Arabic
- Automatically restores the previous session's last opened book and page, and remembers the last books' page positions.
- Portable mode (by creating a file named portable.txt in the same folder as the executable)
- Metadata editor:
- View the metadata in PDF and EPUB files or stored in ComicInfo.xml files inside CBR, CBZ and CB7 comic books.
- Create and/or modify the metadata in PDF and EPUB files or stored in ComicInfo.xml files inside unencrypted CBR[4], CBZ and CB7 comic books.
- Search for and import comic book metadata from Comic Vine (a Comic Vine API key is required).
- Integrated audio player:
- Supports MP3, Ogg, WAV, M3U and M3U8 files.
- Can export playlists to M3U files.
- Tools:
- Convert/Resize:
- Comic books (CBR, CBZ, CB7, PDF[5] or EPUB[2] to CBR[4], CBZ, CB7, PDF or EPUB)
- Images (JPG, PNG, AVIF or WebP)
- Create:
- A comic book (CBR[4], CBZ, CB7, PDF or EPUB) from a list of image files and/or comic books
- A QR code image from text
- Extract:
- Comic book pages (to JPG, PNG, AVIF or WebP)
- Text (OCR) from a comic book page or image file
- A QR code's text from a comic book page or image file
- A color palette from a comic book page or image file
- Can be exported to a GPL or ACO palette file.
- Other:
- Search and open books/comics from:
- Digital Comics Museum
- Internet Archive Books
- Project Gutenberg
- xkcd Webcomics
- Comic Book Plus
- Search and open audiobooks from:
- Librivox AudioBooks
- Search dictionary terms from:
- Wiktionary Dictionary
- Search and open radio station streams from:
- radio-browser
- Search and open books/comics from:
- Convert/Resize:
Notes:
[1]: Including password protected PDF, CBZ (AES encryption not supported), CB7 and CBR files.
[2]: Images only.
[3]: Reading EPUB Ebooks is an experimental / extra feature outside the main scope of the project. It may not work for all files and could be removed in future versions if necessary.
[4]: Creating and modifying CBR files are disabled by default. They can be enabled in the preferences but require a third-party command-line tool (rar from WinRAR) to be installed in the system.
[5]: PDF files larger than 2GB are not supported.
Open Source:
The source code for this program is open and available on GitHub, where you can also find betas and previous releases and contribute translations or feedback.
Status | Released |
Category | Tool |
Platforms | Windows, Linux |
Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (9 total ratings) |
Author | binarynonsense |
Tags | cb7, cbr, cbz, Comics, converter, epub, pdf, reader, software |
Code license | BSD 2-clause 'Simplified' License |
Average session | A few seconds |
Languages | Arabic, German, English, Spanish; Castilian, Russian |
Links | Source code |
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Development log
- Version 3.7.0 Now Available32 days ago
- Version 3.6.0 Now AvailableJul 14, 2024
- Version 3.5.0 Now AvailableJun 21, 2024
- Version 3.4.0 Now AvailableMar 26, 2024
- Version 3.3.0 Now AvailableSep 16, 2023
- Version 3.2.0 Now AvailableAug 27, 2023
- Version 3.1.0 Now AvailableAug 17, 2023
- Version 3.0.0 Now AvailableAug 07, 2023