# venera-app/venera

A comic app

Repository: https://github.com/venera-app/venera
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/venera
Language: Dart
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: android-app, comic, flutter, ios-app, linux, macos-app, windows-app
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-04-05T04:33:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 74, longevity 50
- inputs: {"age_days": 703, "days_push": 150, "days_rel": 178, "gap_med": 7.5, "n_releases_24m": 41}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10884, forks 574 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.586186+00:00)

## What it is
Venera is a cross-platform comic reader app built with Flutter that supports reading both local and network comics. It allows users to extend comic sources via JavaScript plugins, manage favorites, and download comics for offline reading.

## Use cases
- read local comic archives on my phone
- read manga from online sources
- download comics for offline reading
- manage a comic library with favorites
- add custom comic sources with javascript
- read comics on linux desktop

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source comic reader across mobile and desktop
- you need extensible comic sources via JavaScript plugins
- you want to read and organize local comics alongside online sources

## When to avoid
- you need active maintenance or bug fixes - the project is officially unmaintained
- you require iOS App Store distribution (sideloading/self-build needed)
- you want a turnkey service with official support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, file-system, web-scraping
- domain: media, cross-platform, mobile-development
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: comic-reader, manga, flutter-app, comic-sources, javascript-plugins, offline-reading, android, ios, linux, macos, flutter

## Member repositories
- venera-app/venera (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.586186+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 2026-08-29T17:17:26.752068+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/venera-app/venera (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.586186+00:00, sha 7e983fd92cda)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.