FRANK Scanlation v0.2.1

FRANK Scanlation v0.2.1

Fix: reading progress on SPA sites (MangaDex)

Clicking through MangaDex's own UI navigates without page loads
(pushState), so chapters read that way never registered — the card
stayed "Unread" unless you entered through Continue ▶. The app now
watches the webview URL directly and records those navigations too.
Generic fix: any single-page-app site benefits.

Install

Platform	File
Linux (AppImage)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.1_amd64.AppImage
Linux (.deb)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.1_amd64.deb
Linux (.rpm)	FRANK.Scanlation-0.2.1-1.x86_64.rpm
Linux (Arch / AUR)	yay -S frank-scanlation-bin
macOS (Apple Silicon)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.1_aarch64.dmg
Windows installer	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.1_x64-setup.exe
Windows MSI	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.1_x64_en-US.msi

Windows first launch

The installer is not code-signed. SmartScreen may show a warning — click More info then Run anyway. One-time only.

FRANK Scanlation v0.2.0

FRANK Scanlation v0.2.0

MangaDex support

MangaDex is an API-driven SPA, so the generic heuristics couldn't see
it. This release adds the one host-gated exception (the same stance the
browser extension takes): everything MangaDex goes through its public
API, English translations by default.

• Paste a mangadex.org/title/… URL — or even a chapter link, it
  resolves the owning title — and the library card gets the proper
  title, cover art, and the full chapter list, deduplicated across
  scanlation groups.
• Reading progress, Continue ▶, Latest, and the new-chapter
  notifications all work through the API (chapter uuids resolve to
  numbers behind the scenes).
• The reader overlay auto-opens on MangaDex chapters, and prev/next
  chapter navigation falls back to the API feed when MangaDex's own
  reader UI has nothing to scrape.

Fixes and polish since v0.1.0

• Single-window design: sites open in place; the ⌂ Library button
  (or h) brings you home. No more window-per-manga.
• Fixed black pages when reading at large window sizes on
  NVIDIA/WebKitGTK, and removed a broken backdrop-filter that painted a
  ghost rectangle under the Library button.
• Page turns are instant, and the rendering workaround is scoped so
  reading feels lighter.
• The library layout got proper breathing room.

Install

Platform	File
Linux (AppImage)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.0_amd64.AppImage
Linux (.deb)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.0_amd64.deb
Linux (.rpm)	FRANK.Scanlation-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
Linux (Arch / AUR)	yay -S frank-scanlation-bin
macOS (Apple Silicon)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.0_aarch64.dmg
Windows installer	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.0_x64-setup.exe
Windows MSI	FRANK.Scanlation_0.2.0_x64_en-US.msi

Windows first launch

The installer is not code-signed. SmartScreen may show a warning — click More info then Run anyway. One-time only.

FRANK Scanlation v0.1.0

FRANK Scanlation v0.1.0

First release. A Kindle-like desktop reader for ad-hoc scanlation
websites — paste a site URL, get a library card with cover art, chapter
tracking, and new-chapter notifications.

Highlights

• Library grid: add any scanlation site by URL; title, cover, and
  chapter list are extracted generically — nothing is hardcoded to any
  website.
• Single-window reading: Continue ▶ opens the next unread chapter on
  the actual site with the Prettify Manga Reader overlay injected —
  Single/Double/Book spreads, night filter, scroll snap, keyboard
  navigation, next/previous chapter detection. The ⌂ Library button (or
  h) brings you home.
• Progress tracking: chapter numbers are parsed from the URLs you
  visit; the app remembers where you stopped, entirely on the Rust side
  — remote pages get no IPC access.
• New-chapter checks: on launch and every 6 hours, with desktop
  notifications and NEW badges.
• Linux rendering hardening: automatic WebKit render-mode policy
  (NVIDIA/Wayland detection with crash recovery), plus a rasterization
  workaround for WebKitGTK's black-page bug on NVIDIA at large window
  sizes.

Install

Platform	File
Linux (AppImage)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
Linux (.deb)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.1.0_amd64.deb
Linux (.rpm)	FRANK.Scanlation-0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm
Linux (Arch / AUR)	yay -S frank-scanlation-bin
macOS (Apple Silicon)	FRANK.Scanlation_0.1.0_aarch64.dmg
Windows installer	FRANK.Scanlation_0.1.0_x64-setup.exe
Windows MSI	FRANK.Scanlation_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi

Windows first launch

The installer is not code-signed. SmartScreen may show a warning — click More info then Run anyway. One-time only.