A desktop manga reader for your own collection.

Your manga.Kept in sequence.

Build your shelf, choose how pages flow, and return without hunting for your place.

Black laptop displaying abstract sequential ink artwork beside storyboard sheets

The reader

Choose how the pages move.

Read right-to-left or left-to-right. Fit artwork to the screen, hide the chrome, and keep the controls close when you need them.

Single pageGive every page the whole screen.

Move at your own pace with clean, focused page turns.

Facing pagesRead spreads as they were composed.

Pair portrait pages and keep wide artwork intact.

Vertical flowLet long chapters keep moving.

Scroll through continuous artwork without breaking its rhythm.

Your library

Find a series. Keep going.

Bring the chapters already on your computer into one shelf, see what is unfinished, and move back into the story.

Bring your files

Add ZIP, RAR, CBZ, and CBR chapters already stored on your computer.

See what is unread

Filter the shelf and spot unfinished series without keeping a separate list.

Keep moving

Finished chapters stay marked and keyboard controls take you straight into the next one.

Desktop library with series covers, unread counts, and filters — Library preview from the inherited desktop app.

Desktop library in light mode with series covers, unread counts, and filters — Library preview from the inherited desktop app.

Reader guides

Everything you need to start reading.

Learn how to bring in a collection, tune the page view, use the keyboard, and settle into a chapter.

Browse the guides

Start hereOpen your first chapterFrom shelf to page Your collectionBuild the libraryArchives, covers, and unread chapters Make it yoursChoose a page styleSingle, double, or vertical Stay in the storyKeyboard and navigationPage turns, chapters, and fullscreen

Beyond your files

Keep the next chapter close.

Add series from supported websites, save chapters for offline reading, and sync your progress with a tracking account.

Website sources

Find series through Rensai Sources and bring them into your library.

Read offline

Queue chapters ahead of time and manage downloads in one place.

Sync your progress

Link series to AniList, MyAnimeList, or MangaUpdates.

About Rensai

A new chapter for an open-source reader.

Rensai continues the open-source work that began with Houdoku. The project keeps that history and credit visible while giving the reader its own name, experience, and future.

Read the project history