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Comics Now! Complete Wiki & Documentation Manual

Welcome to the definitive user, administrator, and developer guide for Comics Now! — a modern, self-hosted comic book library server, reader, and organizer.

For the complete REST endpoint reference — every route under /api/v1 with parameters, request bodies, and admin-only notes — see the companion API Documentation (docs/API.md).

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Table of Contents

1. What is Comics Now!?
2. Installation & Deployment
   • Docker (Recommended)
   • Docker Compose
   • Bare Metal Installation
3. Cloudflare Zero Trust & Authentication
   • How Cloudflare Access Works
   • Configuring Environment Variables
   • Trusted LAN & Local Auto-Admin
4. User & Administrator Management
   • The First Admin Account
   • Adding & Elevating Users
   • Granular Library Permissions
   • Admin Impersonation Mode
   • User Statistics
5. Libraries, Folder Structures & Scanning
   • Adding a Library
   • Metadata Mode vs. Folder Mode
   • Scan Pipeline & Error Safeguards
   • Scan Intervals & Scheduling
6. Supported Formats, Auto-Conversion & Metadata Storage
   • Supported Formats
   • Automatic PDF & CBR Conversion to CBZ
   • The 3 Metadata Storage Options
7. The Tagging Engine & File Organization
   • Multi-Source Metadata APIs
   • The Tag Comics Now! UI & Matching Workflow
   • Automatic Renaming & Moving
8. Smart Guided View & Reading Modes
   • How Guided View Works (Deep Learning / ONNX)
   • Admin-Generated, Community Shared
   • Reading Modes
   • Display & Viewport Controls
   • Authoring & Editing Guided View with GVE Now!
9. Reading Lists
   • Creating & Managing Lists
   • Reordering Comics & Lists
   • Syncing Lists to All Users (syncToAll)
   • Bulk Operations & Import
10. Devices, Progress Syncing & Offline PWA
    • How Device Tracking Works
    • Cross-Device Reading Progress
    • The Downloads Queue
    • Installing as an Offline PWA
11. UI Navigation, Views & Long-Press Menus
    • Library Card View (Long-Press Actions)
    • Publisher View (Long-Press Actions)
    • Series View (Long-Press Actions)
    • Comic Card View (Long-Press Actions)
    • Comic Summary / Details Modal
    • Editing Singular Comic Metadata
    • Adding Local Comics (Client-Side Reader)
    • The User Pill
12. Search, Filtering & Custom Publisher Logos
    • Global Search & Smart Filters
    • Custom Publisher Logos
13. Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server
    • Overview
    • Setup & Launcher
    • Client Configuration
    • AI Capabilities
14. System Logs & Maintenance

Companion Document: REST API Reference (docs/API.md)

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