kha-white/mokuro
Read Japanese manga inside browser with selectable text. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 69
- 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: 147
- age_days: 1600
- days_rel: 44
- days_push: 44
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
1712 stars · 119 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
mokuro is a Python tool that performs text detection and OCR on Japanese manga pages and generates overlay files (.mokuro or HTML) enabling selectable text in a browser-based reader. It is designed for Japanese learners who want to read manga with pop-up dictionaries like Yomitan.
Use cases
- read japanese manga with selectable text in browser
- ocr manga pages for japanese learning
- make manga text copyable for yomitan popup dictionary
- process manga volumes into mokuro files for web reader
- convert manga images to searchable text overlays
- set up manga reading workflow with dictionary lookups
When to choose
- you are a Japanese learner wanting to read manga with a popup dictionary
- you need offline OCR processing of manga volumes
- you want selectable/searchable text overlaid on manga images in a browser
When to avoid
- you need OCR for non-Japanese or non-comic documents
- you want a fully automatic online reader without preprocessing
- you cannot run Python or lack GPU/CPU resources for OCR models
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
ocr computer-vision image-processing nlp computer-vision education image-processing python cross-platform browser japanese manga manga-reader yomitan language-learning selectable-text natural-language-processing
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/kha-white/mokuro · fetched 2026-08-28 · b9f9c5a95319
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kha-white/mokuro | main | 86 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="kha-white/mokuro")
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