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lncrawl/lightnovel-crawler

Generate and download e-books from online sources. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/lncrawl/lightnovel-crawler · homepage · Python · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

97/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 96
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 5
  • age_days: 3150
  • days_rel: 30
  • days_push: 21
  • n_releases_24m: 32

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2575 stars · 486 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Lightnovel Crawler is a Python tool that downloads web novels from 300+ supported sources and converts them into e-books such as EPUB, MOBI, PDF, and DOCX. It ships as a CLI, a web app/server with a browser reader, and Discord/Telegram bots, supporting personal library management and scheduled re-downloads.

Use cases

  • download a web novel as an epub for my kindle
  • scrape all chapters of a lightnovel into an ebook
  • convert webnovels to mobi or pdf
  • run a self-hosted server to track and download novels I follow
  • read downloaded novels in a browser with a web reader
  • download novels from a specific site automatically
  • generate ebooks from web fiction for offline reading

When to choose

  • you want one-command downloads of web novels to e-book formats
  • you need a self-hosted library server with a browser reader and scheduled updates
  • you want CLI, web UI, and bot interfaces in one tool
  • you need support for many sources across multiple languages

When to avoid

  • you need to redistribute or commercially use downloaded content — it is for personal use only
  • you want a general-purpose website scraper rather than a novel-specific crawler
  • your target source is not among the supported crawlers and you cannot write one

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

web-scraping cli http-client sdk crawlers files pdf self-hosted web-development cli python cross-platform self-hosted lightnovel webnovel ebook-generation epub mobi kindle discord-bot telegram-bot web-ui termux docker web-server

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
lncrawl/lightnovel-crawlermain97

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="lncrawl/lightnovel-crawler")

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