v0.3.0

ComicK Revive v0.3.0

The sources update. ComicK Revive goes from 3 built-in sources to a catalog of 70+, and the dashboard grows into a real home for your reading: a full library with detail pages, a history tab, and richer stats.

📚 A source catalog, built in

Dashboard → Sources → Browse catalog.

• 70+ sources, each enabled with one click and each showing its real logo.
• Privacy stays tight: enabling a source asks for access to that site only, and removing it revokes the access again. No blanket permissions, ever.
• An 18+ toggle keeps adult sites hidden until you want them, right in the catalog or in Settings.
• Test all checks every source end to end (search, chapters, pages, images) from your own connection, with a live pass/fail bar and a Copy report button for easy bug reports.
• Honest status chips: works, partial (click to grant the image host), blocked (the site runs a bot check). Availability differs by country and network, so the chips show your reality.

🗂️ Library, history, and stats

• The Library got a full redesign: covers, progress, and per-manga detail pages with chapter lists and update checking.
• A new History tab tracks everything you've read, when.
• Stats were overhauled with a full breakdown of your reading.

🔎 Smoother search everywhere

• Dashboard search now handles many sources gracefully: results stream in progressively, covers appear instantly, and fast typing never jams it.
• The source-link flow on comick.dev scales too: a cleaner searching screen, scrollable source filters, and match percentages on the Most Relevant cards so you can tell a sure hit from a guess.

🛠️ Fixes and polish

• Reading from the dashboard no longer leaves a dead scrollbar strip beside the reader.
• One-off server hiccups from flaky sites retry automatically instead of failing the chapter.
• Many under-the-hood fixes so sources and their image CDNs load reliably.
• Adding your own sources is now properly documented: see doc/adding-sources.md with two working example specs.

⚠️ Good to know

• A few catalog sites sit behind bot checks or regional blocks; passing the check once in a normal tab often clears it, and a VPN can change which sites work for you.
• Updating from 0.2.0 is safe: replace your extension folder's contents and hit Reload. Your library, history, and settings survive.

Install / update

1. Download the zip below and unzip it.
2. Go to chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode.
3. Updating an existing install: replace your extension folder's contents with the unzipped files, then click Reload. Do NOT Remove and re-add — that wipes your reading data.
4. First install: click "Load unpacked" and select the unzipped folder.

Your reading history, library, and settings live in the browser and survive updates. Back them up any time from the dashboard (Settings → Data).

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.3.0

v0.2.0

ComicK Revive v0.2.0

ComicK Revive grew from an in-page reader into a full app: it now has its own dashboard, a toolbar popup, a search you can read from directly, sources you can add yourself, reading stats, and one-click backups.

🖥️ A real dashboard

Click the toolbar icon and open the dashboard, a full page with a collapsible sidebar:

• Library of everything you're reading, with covers and progress.
• Search across all your sources and read right there, no ComicK page needed.
• Stats, Settings, and Sources management, all in one place.

🔎 Toolbar popup

A quick glance from the toolbar icon: your recently read titles and mini stats, one click back into a chapter.

➕ Add your own sources, no code required

A source is now a small JSON "recipe" the extension runs at load time.

• Import one by paste, file, or URL, with a syntax highlighted editor.
• A one click AI prompt that gets an assistant to write the recipe for you.
• A built in test tool that runs search, details, chapters, and pages against the live site so you can see exactly what works.
• Edit, download, and share your sources with others.

🎚️ Source control

• Drag to set priority for search.
• Enable or disable any source.
• Point a built in source at a new domain when a site moves.

📊 Reading stats

Chapters read, active reading time, a daily activity chart, and streaks.

💾 Backup and restore

Export your reading history, library, sources, and settings to a single file, then import it later with a merge or replace choice. Cached images are left out so the file stays small.

🔄 Safer updates

• The dashboard checks for new releases and shows a banner when one is out.
• Releases are now built automatically.
• The extension has a fixed ID, so moving its folder never loses your data again.

🛠️ Fixes and polish

• Covers now cache and display consistently across the app.
• Settings changed in the dashboard apply the next time the reader opens.
• Better handling of scraped sources that need a referer or use rotating image CDNs.
• A clear message instead of a wall of errors when a manga is linked to a source you removed.
• Fixed the stray white border strips that showed up in the reader.
• General UI cleanup across the reader and dashboard.

⚠️ Updating from 0.1.0

This version pins a fixed extension ID. If you already had 0.1.0 installed, your library will start empty after updating, because 0.1.0 had no way to export it first. Fresh installs are unaffected. From 0.2.0 onward your data carries across updates, and you can back it up any time from Settings → Data.

📦 Install

1. Download comick-revive-v0.2.0.zip below and unzip it.
2. Open chrome://extensions and turn on Developer mode.
3. Updating: replace your extension folder's contents with the new files, then click Reload. Do not Remove and re-add, that wipes your reading data.
4. First install: click Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder.

ComicK Revive v0.1.0 (beta)

First public beta of ComicK Revive, an in-page manga reader for comick.dev. It pulls
chapters from AsuraScans, MangaDex, and MangaKatana, with offline caching, three
reading modes, and resume from the exact page and scroll position you left off at.

Install

1. Download comick-revive-v0.1.0.zip below and unzip it.
2. Open chrome://extensions and turn on Developer mode (top right).
3. Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped folder.
4. Open any manga on comick.dev and hit the Read button.

Chromium browsers only (Chrome, Edge, Brave). This is an early beta, so expect a few
rough edges. See the README for known issues.