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Tachidesk
A free and open source manga reader that runs extensions built for Tachiyomi.
Tachidesk is as multi-platform as you can get. Any platform that runs java and/or has a modern browser can run it.
Ability to read and write Tachiyomi compatible backups and syncing is a planned feature.
How do I run the app?
Prerequisites
You should have The Java Runtime Environment(JRE) 8 or newer (if you're not planning to use the Windows specific build) and a modern browser installed. Also an internet connection is required as almost everything this app does is downloading stuff.
Download the app
Download the latest jar or windows(win32) release from the releases section.
Running pre-built jar packages
Double click on the jar file or run java -jar Tachidesk-vX.Y.Z-rxxx.jar
from a Terminal/Command Prompt window to run the app which will open a new browser window automatically. Also the System Tray Icon is your friend if you need to open the browser window again or close Tachidesk.
Running pre-built Windows packages
Windows specific builds have java bundled inside them, so you don't have to install java to use it. Unzip Tachidesk-vX.Y.Z-rxxx-win32.zip
and run server.exe
, the rest will work like the jar release.
Building from source
Get Android stubs jar
Manual download
Download android.jar and put it under AndroidCompat/lib
.
Automated download(needs bash
, curl
, base64
, zip
to work)
Run scripts/getAndroid.sh
from project's root directory to download and rebuild the jar file from Google's repository.
building the jar
Run ./gradlew shadowJar
, the resulting built jar file will be server/build/Tachidesk-vX.Y.Z-rxxx.jar
.
building the Windows package
Run ./gradlew windowsPackage
, the resulting built zip package file will be server/build/Tachidesk-vX.Y.Z-rxxx-win32.zip
.
Running for development purposes
server
module
Run ./gradlew :server:run -x :webUI:copyBuild --stacktrace
to run the server
webUI
module
How to do it is described in webUI/react/README.md
but for short,
first cd into webUI/react
then run yarn
to install the node modules(do this only once)
then yarn start
to start the client if a new browser window doesn't start automatically,
then open http://127.0.0.1:3000
in a modern browser. This is a create-react-app
project
and supports HMR and all the other goodies you'll need.
Is this application usable? Should I test it?
If you'd ask me, I'd tell you If you want to read your manga online from tachiyomi or in one place and bypass all the ads, you can use Tachidesk.
There are almost no quality of life features, including no library, no downloading for offline enjoyment and sadly no MangaDex search.
Anyways, for more info checkout finished milestone #1 and milestone #2 to see what's implemented.
How does it work?
This project has two components:
- server: contains the implementation of tachiyomi's extensions library and uses an Android compatibility library to run apk extensions. All this concludes to serving a REST API to
webUI
. - webUI: A react SPA project that works with the server to do the presentation.
Support
Join Tachidesk's discord server to hang out with the community and receive support.
Credit
The AndroidCompat
module and scripts/getAndroid.sh
was originally developed by @null-dev for TachiWeb-Server and is licensed under Apache License Version 2.0
.
Parts of tachiyomi is adopted into this codebase, also licensed under Apache License Version 2.0
.
You can obtain a copy of Apache License Version 2.0
from http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Changes to both codebases is licensed under MPL v. 2.0
as the rest of this project.
License
Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Aria Moradi and contributors
This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.