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Comic Translate

Comic Translate is an open-source application and Chromium browser extension for translating text in comic and manga images. It combines comic text detection, OCR, image cleaning, language-model translation and text rendering, and supports image and document formats including PDF, EPUB, CBR and CBZ.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when a comic page needs OCR-based translation and translated text rendered into the image, either from the desktop app or directly on a website through the Chromium extension.

Who it is for

  • Readers who want to translate comic pages while reading on supported websites.
  • Readers and comic enthusiasts translating image pages or collections in supported document formats.
  • Developers who want to run or adapt the Python-based open-source application.

Documented uses

  • Translate text in comic and manga pages into another language.
  • Read comic pages from websites through a Chromium browser extension.
  • Process comic material provided as images, PDF, EPUB, CBR or CBZ files.
  • Correct automatic processing issues through Manual Mode.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project documents desktop downloads for Windows and macOS and a browser extension for Chromium-based browsers. Source setup is documented for Python 3.12 with Git and uv.

  • GPU acceleration is documented only for source runs; NVIDIA users are recommended to install onnxruntime-gpu.
  • The chosen font needs to support the target language's characters.
  • CBR/RAR extraction requires an external supported helper such as UnRAR, Unar or 7-Zip.
  • Manual Mode is available for correcting problems such as missed text detection, incorrect OCR or insufficient cleaning.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Run Comic Translate from source

Prepare the Python application environment and launch its GUI.

Before you start

  • Python 3.12
  • Git
  • uv

Steps

  1. Clone the repository and change into the comic-translate directory.

  2. Initialize the environment with the command below.

    Documented command
    uv init --python 3.12

  3. Install requirements with the command below.

    Documented command
    uv add -r requirements.txt --compile-bytecode

  4. Launch the GUI with the command below.

    Documented command
    uv run comic.py

Expected outcome

The project instructions indicate that this command launches the application GUI.

Guide limitations

  • GPU acceleration is only available when running from source; NVIDIA GPU users are recommended to install onnxruntime-gpu.
  • CBR/RAR extraction requires a supported helper such as UnRAR, Unar or 7-Zip.
  • This is a guide based on project instructions, not a human execution test.
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14 October 2026
Original website title
ogkalu2/comic-translate · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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