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All notable changes to OpenComic are documented here. The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

v1.7.0 (Upcoming)

New Features

  • Support for multiple instances (Open multiple OpenComic windows)
  • Add option to open files from outside OpenComic in a new window
  • Add setting to use a custom folder for cache and temporary files
  • AI image upscaling tool
  • AI image descreen tool
  • AI image artifact removal tool
  • Cache the folder’s thumbnails/poster file lists to reduce disk I/O
  • Hide file extension by default
  • Support playing background music on a specific page
  • Options in OPDS to auto-download files from the catalog
  • Support for tabs
  • Option to extract document images (PDF and EPUB)

Bug Fixes

  • Adding or changing poster not working when the drive is different from the system drive
  • Hiding cursor in fullscreen mode fails in some cases
  • Save/Copy uses the image under the mouse cursor instead of the active page
  • Error saving the progress of the final page in epub files
  • Prevent crash when retrieving metadata with Sharp for many large images (Linux only)
  • Extract files when the file in it starts with the ’-’ character
  • Use reading sort for thumbnail/poster generation
  • Improve drag scrolling (Ignore right-click and add activation dead zone)

v1.6.5 (October 31, 2025)

New Features

  • Go prev/next chapter with auto-scroll (Moving the cursor in the middle of the screen)

Bug Fixes

  • Cancelling prev/next chapter breaks the magnifier tool
  • Downgrade Electron to 37.8.0 to fix font rendering issues on Linux

v1.6.4 (October 11, 2025)

Bug Fixes

  • Downgrade Electron to 38.0.0 to resolve Linux release freezes on Wayland

v1.6.3 (October 7, 2025)

Bug Fixes

  • Add error handling for reading progress in comic context menu
  • Error handling for corrupted JSON/ZSTD files in cache and remove them
  • Header bar buttons don’t register start/end of chapter if scrolled with scrollbar
  • Asynchronous progress check in the context menu (Mark as read/unread)
  • The application loops and freezes when opening files on the network (UNC paths)
  • Prevent concurrent reads of the same file
  • Memory leak in blob files when browsing extremely quickly while reading
  • TypeError by ensuring countries is an array
  • High memory usage on Linux due to a compatibility issue between Sharp and Electron
  • Incorrect page is being set as a poster in manga mode
  • Image breaks sometimes in PDF render

v1.6.2 (September 8, 2025)

New Features

  • Option to change labels from app bar
  • Context menu in continue reading bar
  • Support multi-layer folder labeling in servers

Bug Fixes

  • Prevent app freeze when relative path receives undefined value
  • Error on start directly in last reading

v1.6.1 (August 26, 2025)

New Features

  • Extract tracking chapter/volume also from image names
  • Tracking also by current page/image chapter/volume
  • Pick at random button
  • Separate order of browsing and reading
  • Sort option to list compressed files first, separated from folders
  • Auto-prompt to track
  • Improve relative path support for folder portable

Bug Fixes

  • Show page number doesn’t work properly on scroll reading
  • Some tap zones events not working
  • Thumbnails and progress missing when filtering current page
  • Rare cases of blank images during reading
  • Show magnifying glass instantaneous when enabled from shortcuts
  • goBack not working if OpenComic starts directly on reading
  • Error on migrating some config
  • Server connections do not work in some cases on Windows
  • Some compressed files wouldn’t open from the servers

v1.6.0 (July 27, 2025)

New Features

  • Allow disabling “Do not enlarge more than its original size” in Webtoon mode
  • Improved rotation and support for rotating in PDF
  • PDFs are rendered to a blob image instead of a canvas
  • Optimized sidebar thumbnails
  • Support Discord Rich Presence
  • Get Calibre series and series_index metadata in PDF and ePub
  • Increase and decrease horizontal margin shortcuts
  • Use single thread in HDD extractions
  • Auto-hide mouse cursor in fullscreen mode
  • Show progress bar, pages and percentage in library/browsing
  • Progressive thumbnail/progress generation based on scroll position
  • Option to mark as read and unread
  • Option to show page number in the top right-hand corner
  • Add support for labels in master folders (auto config only)
  • Option to show shadow effect between pages in double page mode

Bug Fixes

  • Error opening files from the system file explorer
  • Invert tap zones in manga reading
  • Error opening an OPDS Catalog
  • Correct support Komga OPDS server
  • Some mime types are not correct detected
  • Update electron to fix white lines in Webtoon mode
  • Navigation back not working with shortcuts and gamepad
  • Correct invert some shortcuts in manga reading
  • Optimized poster handling in file image retrieval
  • Do not use the ignore pattern when searching for poster/images

Earlier Versions

For the complete version history, visit the full changelog on GitHub.

View on GitHub

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