Tapas closes on 31 March 2027. Tapas says what you've unlocked there cannot be moved to another app, and purchases are not refunded. If you've paid for comics or novels on Tapas, this app saves them to your own computer before they're gone.
Comic Archiver saves the comics and novels you can read on Tapas, Tappytoon and Webtoon to your own computer, so you have your own copy of what you've bought and unlocked.
You sign in to the site inside the app, press Go, and it works through your library. You can stop it whenever you like; next time it picks up where it left off.
Comics are saved as CBZ files and novels as EPUB files, which open in most comic and e-book reader apps. Everything
goes into a folder called Comic Archiver in your user folder, one folder per series.
Comic Archiver doesn't track you, and your login only ever goes to the comic site.
- No tracking of any kind. No analytics, no usage statistics, no crash reports, no ads. The app never contacts me or any server of mine. There isn't one.
- Your password goes straight to the comic site. When you sign in, you're typing into the comic site's own sign-in page, shown inside the app's window. Your password goes to the site, just as it would in your web browser. The app never reads it and never saves it.
- What the app keeps, and where. Once you're signed in, the site hands back a sign-in cookie, the same thing that keeps you logged in in a web browser. The app keeps it on your computer so it can download your episodes, and only ever sends it back to that same site. Signing out in Settings → Downloads removes it from your computer, and uninstalling removes every one. That signs out only the app: your account on the site, and anywhere else you're signed in, aren't affected.
- Who the app talks to. The comic site you picked, and the servers it keeps its images on. That's it. If you choose to back up to your own Backblaze B2 cloud storage, the app also talks to Backblaze, using the key you give it, and downloads a small helper program (rclone) from its official page once, checking that it's the genuine file.
The sign-in page is the comic site's real page, so it behaves the way that site normally does in your browser.
You don't have to take my word for any of this: all of the app's code is here for anyone to read.
Download the newest version from the Releases page. There's a version for Windows 10 and 11 and one for Linux. The Releases page explains how to install it, including the warnings Windows shows because the app isn't signed yet.
- Pick your site in the Site list.
- Click Sign in, and sign in with your email and password.
- Press Go.
If you normally sign in with Google or Facebook, those buttons may not work inside the app. Set a password on your account first (sign in the usual way in your web browser and look in the site's account settings), then sign in to the app with your email and that password. Copying and pasting from a password manager works; browser extensions don't run inside the app.
On Tappytoon it saves free chapters and the ones you've bought or are renting. A rented chapter is labeled with the date the rental ends.
On Webtoon it saves the series you subscribe to, every episode the website shows. Episodes Webtoon only lets you read in its phone app, such as Daily Pass and Fast Pass ones, aren't on the website, so they aren't saved.
If you'd like a copy in the cloud as well, the app can also save to your own Backblaze B2 storage. Settings walks you through setting it up.
To update, install the new version over the old one; don't uninstall first. On Windows, run the new setup file. On Linux, close Comic Archiver, then unpack the new version and start it; it offers to delete the older copy. Either way you stay signed in, and your settings and saved episodes stay.
Uninstalling signs the app out of every site and removes your Backblaze key from this computer. Your saved episodes stay. On Windows, uninstall it from Settings → Apps as usual. On Linux, right-click Comic Archiver in your applications menu, choose Uninstall, then delete the folder you unpacked it into.
| Tapas | Works |
| Tappytoon | Works |
| Webtoon | Works |
| Windows 10 and 11 | Works |
| Linux | Works |
| Mac | Not planned yet |
Since Tapas announced its closing, community guides often point to Mihon, HaruNeko and Suwayomi. Those are good tools, and if you already read in one of them, keep using it. Comic Archiver is different:
- It saves novels as well as comics. Novels come out as EPUB files that open in any e-book reader. If you've bought novels on Tapas, check that the tool you choose saves them; not all do.
- It's one program you install and press Go. No extension repositories to add, no phone, no Docker.
- It saves what your account has bought or unlocked on Tapas, Tappytoon and Webtoon, and picks up where it left off.
Notes for building the app, checking a change and making a release are in docs/development.md.
More than 2,000 automated tests check the app. Before every release, a separate check deliberately breaks the code in more than 500 places and makes sure the tests notice each one. The app is then built, installed, started and uninstalled on Windows 11, and built and started on Linux. A release goes out only when all of that passes.
Comic Archiver is written with the help of AI coding tools, and every change goes through those same checks.
MIT; see LICENSE. Bundled components are listed in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.