KReader

Desktop Manga/Webtoon Reader

Author: Kam S

Version: 0.1.4

Platform: Python - Desktop ( Windows - MacOS - Linux )

Update Instructions

Non-Technical Method

1. Download the new files to a new location
2. Find the folder called source
3. Replace the old source folder with the new source folder. Everything should work.
   • If this doesn't work, just delete everything and download + install again.

Using Git

Just pull the new repository.

Installation Instructions

1. Download and Install Python 3

   • You can download it here: Python 3

   • For windows users, during installation there will be a box that says

     Add Python 3.x to Path

     Make sure that is selected

   • During installation there may be checkbox for

     tcl/tc and IDLE

     Make Sure it is selected

2. Install pip
   • Normally this comes with python, in your terminal/command prompt try

     pip --version

     If this gives an error then download this file and run it with python.

3. Download the repository and unzip it.
   • Click on the green Code button
4. Run the install script.
   • For windows users, run install-win.bat (Either double click on the file or run it in a command prompt)
   • For MacOS or Linux users, run install-mac (Either double click on the file or run it in a terminal)
     • In the terminal run it with the following command

       bash install-mac

   • Linux uses must also install tkinter, this varies with distribution so you can do it yourselves
     • For distributions based on Debian the following command will work

       sudo apt-get install python-tk

     • For distributions based on Fedora the following command will work

       sudo dnf install python3-tkinter

5. Run the KReader script
   • For windows users, run KReader-win.bat
   • For MacOS or Linux, run KReader-mac
     • In the terminal run it with the following command

       bash KReader-mac

Once at the home screen, click on MangaDex then either use the search box to search for manga, or use the select button to put in the url for a manga. The app is a bit slow, but it's only meant to be a temporary fix until mangadex comes back.

The CBZ source can open images inside .zip or .cbz files.