metafates/mangal
📖 The most advanced (yet simple) cli manga downloader in the entire universe! Lua scrapers, export formats, anilist integration, fancy TUI and more! observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 14
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
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: n/a
- age_days: 1565
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 518
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1745 stars · 97 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Mangal is a cross-platform CLI/TUI manga downloader written in Go, with built-in sources (Mangadex, Manganelo, Manganato, Mangapill), extensible Lua scrapers, and export to PDF, CBZ, ZIP, or plain images. It includes an interactive TUI, reading history, caching, scriptable inline mode, and Anilist integration for metadata and progress sync.
Use cases
- download manga chapters from the command line
- convert manga chapters to pdf or cbz
- add a custom manga source with a lua scraper
- read manga in the terminal with a tui
- sync manga reading progress with anilist
- script bulk manga downloads
- search and download manga from mangadex
When to choose
- you want a fast, dependency-free CLI manga downloader with multiple export formats
- you need custom sources via Lua scrapers
- you want Anilist integration and reading history
When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the project was discontinued in April 2025 and the author recommends against using it as-is
- you need a GUI application
- you need sources not covered by built-ins or existing community scrapers
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
web-scraping cli terminal-ui pdf image-processing caching media developer-tools entertainment windows cli cross-platform go manga-downloader tui lua-scrapers anilist cbz mangadex comic-reader command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/metafates/mangal · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2e740ddf233c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| metafates/mangal | main | 10 |
For agents
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