Chytanka is a versatile and user-friendly PWA for reading manga, comics, and other visual stories. Whether you prefer to read from popular online platforms, your own server, or local files, Chytanka is here to enhance your reading experience.
Chytanka supports opening episodes from the following platforms:
- Blankary
- Comick
- Imgur
- Mangadex
- Nhentai
- Pixiv
- Telegra.ph
- Yande.re Pool
- Zenko
- Bluesky
- ImageChest
Chytanka can open episodes from any custom JSON API returning the following format:
{
"title": "Title of the episode",
"nsfw": false,
"images": [
{
"src": "full-link-to-image-1"
},
{
"src": "full-link-to-image-2"
},
{
"src": "full-link-to-image-n"
}
]
}
Compile a readlist using Chytanka Readlist Creator:
- Paste supported links into the input field.
- Edit titles (optional; automatic retrieval supported).
- Generate and publish a JSON readlist on Rentry, Gist, or your server.
- Use the generated link to start reading with your custom readlist.
Chytanka supports opening the following file formats from your device:
- ZIP/CBZ
- MOBI
- DJVU
- RAR/CBR
- Vertical: Perfect for webtoons.
- Horizontal (RTL): Best for manga.
- Horizontal (LTR): Ideal for comics.
Read comfortably at night with Chytanka's built-in blue light filter.
- In horizontal mode with landscape orientation: view two pages side by side.
- In portrait orientation: view one page at a time.
Immerse yourself in reading with a fullscreen option.
- Tracks history of supported links.
- File history support is planned.
F1
— Open FAQF2
— Open SettingsCtrl+H
— Open HistoryCtrl+O
— Open File
A
,D
,ArrowLeft
,ArrowRight
— Navigate pages in horizontal modeW
,S
,ArrowUp
,ArrowDown
— Navigate pages in vertical modeCtrl+O
— Open FileCtrl+E
— Share (copy link or embed code)F
— Toggle Fullscreen
If supported by the API, Chytanka warns users about NSFW content.
Embed Chytanka using an iframe and interact with it via postMessage
. Learn more in the Embedding Guide.
Run ng serve
for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/
. The application will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.
Run ng generate component component-name
to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module
.
Run ng build
to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/
directory.
Run ng test
to execute the unit tests via Karma.
Run ng e2e
to execute the end-to-end tests via a platform of your choice. To use this command, you need to first add a package that implements end-to-end testing capabilities.
To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help
or go check out the Angular CLI Overview and Command Reference page.