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mangadex-downloader

Command-line downloader for MangaDex manga

E-books & Media Library ★ 928 stars Easy setup MIT

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex in various formats including CBZ, PDF, and EPUB. It helps build offline, self-hosted manga collections for use with self-hosted reader servers.

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Key features

  • MangaDex chapter downloads
  • Multiple output formats
  • Batch and range downloads
  • Login support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Many export formats
  • Actively maintained

Trade-offs

  • MangaDex only
  • Command-line oriented

Is mangadex-downloader secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect mangadex-downloader's latest release (v3.1.4). OSV.dev lists 2 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2022-36082, published 2022-09-07 (1498 days ago), fixed in 1.7.2

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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