Kotatsu vs Miru
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Kotatsu
Kotatsu is a free and open source manga reader for Android. **Main Features:** - Online manga catalogs (with 1100+ manga sources) - Search manga by name, genres, and more filters - Favorites organized by user-defined categories - Reading history, bookmarks, and incognito mode support - Download manga and read it offline. Third-party CBZ archives are also supported - Clean and convenient Material You UI, optimized for phones, tablets, and desktop - Standard and Webtoon-optimized customizable reader, gesture support on reading interface - Notifications about new chapters with updates feed, manga recommendations (with filters) - Integration with manga tracking services: Shikimori, AniList, MyAnimeList, Kitsu - Password / fingerprint-protected access to the app - Automatically sync app data with other devices on the same account - Support for older devices running Android 5+
Miru
Miru App is an application written in Flutter for watching movies, comics, and novels. It supports Windows, Android, and Linux. It has friendly support for writing extensions and debugging logs. It also supports custom extension repositories. The official extension repository provides video sources, so you can use it without writing any extensions. It supports online viewing of various video, comic, and novel sources, achieving multi-platform unification. The design language of the system UI is unified.
| Feature | Kotatsu | Miru |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesMedia PlayerEbook ReaderVideo | Media PlayerEbook ReaderVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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