Manga to Books is an open-source tool that downloads manga from a Manga Bat website and converts it into the EPUB format, making it compatible with Apple’s Books app on iPhone, iPad, and MacBook. Built with Python, this program offers the best way to enjoy manga in a digital format.
- Specifically designed for Apple’s Books app compatibility.
- Built with Python for simplicity and cross-platform support.
- Downloads manga and automatically converts it to EPUB format.
- Easy-to-use command-line interface for quick and efficient manga conversion.
Enjoy your favorite manga in high-quality EPUB format across all your Apple devices!
To install this project, Launch the Terminal app on your system, and run the commands below.
- If a pop-up appears prompting you to download the Xcode Command Line Tools after the first command, click “Download” and then run the first command again.
- Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/marsdevx/manga2books.git ~/manga2books- Install dependencies
brew install python
pip3 install --break-system-packages pillow
pip3 install --break-system-packages ebooklib
pip3 install --break-system-packages natsort
pip3 install --break-system-packages requests
pip3 install --break-system-packages beautifulsoup4- Set Up an Alias
- For Zsh Users
echo "\nalias manga2books=\"python3 /Users/$(whoami)/manga2books/manga2books.py\"" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc- For Bash Users:
echo "\nalias manga2books=\"python3 /Users/$(whoami)/manga2books/manga2books.py\"" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc- Copy the Manga URL
- Go to the Manga Bat website.
- Find the manga you want to download.
- Copy the URL of the manga page from your browser's address bar.
- Download the Manga
- Run the following command, replacing the URL with the one you copied:
manga2books https://readmangabat.com/read-iw386363- Download Specific Chapters
- To download only specific chapters, add the chapter range after the URL:
manga2books https://readmangabat.com/read-iw386363 30-70