Supported formats#
mangadex-downloader can download in different formats, here a list of supported formats.
raw#
This is default format of mangadex-downloader. It’s just bunch of images stored in each chapter folders.
Structure files#
raw
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📂Volume. 1 Chapter. 1
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┣ 📂Volume. 1 Chapter. 2
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┗ 🖼️cover.jpg
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here"
raw-volume#
Same as raw
format, except all chapters wrapped into each volumes.
Structure files#
raw-volume
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📂Volume. 1
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┣ 📂No Volume
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┗ 🖼️cover.jpg
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as raw-volume
raw-single#
Same as raw
format, except all chapters wrapped into single folder.
Structure files#
raw-single
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📂Volume. 1 Chapter. 1 - Volume. 1 Chapter. 2
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┗ 🖼️cover.jpg
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as raw-single
tachiyomi#
Same as raw
format, except it has additional file “details.json” to provide additional info for manga.
If you don’t know tachiyomi, it’s android app for reading manga and it’s open source !. You can learn more here
You can read here for instruction how to create local manga in tachiyomi.
NOTE: mangadex-downloader are not affliated with tachiyomi, the app only provide custom format for tachiyomi local manga.
Structure files#
tachiyomi
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📂Volume. 1 Chapter. 1
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┣ 📂Volume. 1 Chapter. 2
┃ ┣ 🖼️images
┣ 🖼️cover.jpg
┗ 📜details.json
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "tachiyomi"
tachiyomi-zip#
Same as tachiyomi
except, all images in each chapter will stored in ZIP file.
Structure files#
tachiyomi-zip
format files look like this
📦 Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜details.json
┣ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1.cbz
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.cbz
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "tachiyomi-zip"
pdf#
All images in each chapter will be converted to PDF file (.pdf)
Structure files#
pdf
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1.pdf
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.pdf
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "pdf"
pdf-volume#
Same as pdf
, except all chapters wrapped into each volumes PDF file.
Structure files#
pdf-volume
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1.pdf
┗ 📜Volume. 2.pdf
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "pdf-volume"
pdf-single#
same as pdf
format, except all chapters wrapped into single PDF file
Structure files#
pdf-single
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1 - Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.pdf
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "pdf-single"
cbz#
This is Comic Book Archive format. Comic Book Archive is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books. wikipedia
It has additional file (ComicInfo.xml
) inside of .cbz file, useful for showing details of the manga (if an reader support it).
This format was based of zip
extension.
Structure files#
cbz
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1.cbz
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.cbz
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "cbz"
cbz-volume#
same as cbz
format, except all chapters wrapped into each volumes .cbz file
Structure files#
cbz-volume
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1.cbz
┗ 📜Volume. 2.cbz
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "cbz-volume"
cbz-single#
same as cbz
format, except all chapters wrapped into single .cbz file
Structure files#
cbz-single
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1 - Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.cbz
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "cbz-single"
cb7#
This is Comic Book Archive format. Comic Book Archive is a type of archive file for the purpose of sequential viewing of images, commonly for comic books. wikipedia
This format was based of 7z
extension.
Structure files#
cb7
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1.cb7
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.cb7
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "cb7"
cb7-volume#
same as cb7
format, except all chapters wrapped into each volumes .cb7 file
Structure files#
cb7-volume
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1.cb7
┗ 📜Volume. 2.cb7
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "cb7-volume"
cb7-single#
same as cb7
format, except all chapters wrapped into single .cb7 file
Structure files#
cb7-single
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1 - Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.cb7
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "cb7-single"
epub#
An electronic book file format that is supported by many e-readers. Wikipedia.
This format was based of zip
extension
Structure files#
epub
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1.epub
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.epub
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "epub"
epub-volume#
Same as epub
format, except all chapters wrapped into each volumes.
Note
Unlike any other volume
and single
formats, epub-volume
and epub-single
doesn’t create chapter info (or cover).
If you don’t know what that means, you can have look here -> Chapter info (cover)
Structure files#
epub-volume
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┣ 📜Volume. 1.epub
┗ 📜Volume. 2.epub
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "epub-volume"
epub-single#
Same as epub
format, except all chapters wrapped into single .epub file.
Note
Unlike any other volume
and single
formats, epub-volume
and epub-single
doesn’t create chapter info (or cover).
If you don’t know what that means, you can have look here -> Chapter info (cover)
Structure files#
epub-single
format files look like this
📦Manga title
┣ 📜cover.jpg
┗ 📜Volume. 1 Chapter. 1 - Volume. 1 Chapter. 2.epub
Usage#
mangadex-dl "insert MangaDex URL here" --save-as "epub-single"