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404-novel-project/novel-downloader

一个可扩展的通用型小说下载器。 observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/404-novel-project/novel-downloader · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

76/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

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: 1974
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 19
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1877 stars · 151 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

An extensible userscript (Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey/Violentmonkey) that downloads novels from many Chinese web novel sites and exports them as TXT and EPUB files. It is part of the 404 Novel Library project, which archives at-risk online novels to archive.org so they survive takedowns.

Use cases

  • download a novel from a supported web novel site as epub
  • save web novels as txt files for offline reading
  • archive novels before they get deleted from sites like Qidian or JJWXC
  • scrape book chapters from a novel catalog page
  • download paid chapters I have purchased with my account
  • back up light novel series that sites have removed

When to choose

  • you read Chinese web novels and want offline copies in TXT or EPUB
  • you want a browser-based downloader that works across many novel sites without installing separate apps
  • you want to help preserve novels at risk of disappearing by archiving them

When to avoid

  • you need a standalone desktop or mobile downloader rather than a browser userscript
  • you want to download from sites behind login walls without owning/purchasing the chapters
  • you need a general-purpose web scraper rather than a novel-specific tool

Facets

plugin · maturity active

web-scraping file-upload developer-tools files crawlers privacy browser browser-extension cross-platform userscript tampermonkey novel-downloader epub txt-export greasemonkey violentmonkey web-archive chinese-novels automation

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
404-novel-project/novel-downloadermain76

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="404-novel-project/novel-downloader")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem