# 404-novel-project/novel-downloader

一个可扩展的通用型小说下载器。

Repository: https://github.com/404-novel-project/novel-downloader
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/novel-downloader
Language: TypeScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: novel-downloader, novel
Last push: 2026-08-14T06:42:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1974, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1877, forks 151 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:47.481996+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, file-upload, developer-tools
- domain: files, crawlers, privacy
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: userscript, tampermonkey, novel-downloader, epub, txt-export, greasemonkey, violentmonkey, web-archive, chinese-novels, automation

## Member repositories
- 404-novel-project/novel-downloader (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:47.481996+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:14:40.385561+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/404-novel-project/novel-downloader (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:47.481996+00:00, sha 5d38b563165e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.