LOCAL MANGA READER FOR macOS

Manga ZIP Viewer

Your manga files,
ready to read on Mac.

Open manga image archives stored on your Mac and read them in a layout made for Japanese comics—from a single cover page to natural right-to-left spreads.

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LOCAL FILES ONLY
Apple Silicon
macOS 14 or later
English / Japanese

A Japanese manga displayed as a two-page spread in Manga ZIP Viewer Pro — A quiet interface that keeps the pages in focus.

READING EXPERIENCE

Made for the natural flow
of Japanese manga.

The cover opens as a single page, followed by right-to-left spreads. Switch to left-to-right reading or single-page view whenever the book calls for it.

Spreads that make sense

Pages are fitted to the screen and paired as a spread. Individual pages such as covers and chapter dividers can remain single.

Simple navigation

Move with the arrow keys or click either side of the viewer. Use the thumbnail seek bar to find a scene in longer volumes.

Your files stay local

The app reads manga selected from your Mac. It does not upload your books and does not connect to an online manga catalog.

CHOOSE YOUR EDITION

Open one book with Simple.
Organize a collection with Pro.

Both editions share the same core reading controls. Choose the one that matches the way you keep your manga on your Mac.

SIMPLE

ONE ZIP / QUICK READING

Manga ZIP Viewer

Choose a ZIP. Start reading.

A straightforward edition for opening one volume at a time, without creating a library first.

Open one ZIP archive
JPEG, PNG and GIF
Animated GIF playback
Right-to-left, left-to-right, single page and spreads

PRO

LIBRARY / COLLECTION

Manga ZIP Viewer Pro

Turn your saved volumes into a shelf.

Manage series, volumes and reading positions, with additional archive formats and page-level display settings.

Multiple archives and image folders
Bookshelf, series and resume reading
Page management without changing source images
External controller mapping and JSON backup

LOCAL FILES, BY DESIGN

Your own library.
Your own Mac.

Manga ZIP Viewer is designed for manga image files you already keep locally. Online reading, streaming and store catalogs are not included.

COMMON

JPEG / PNG / GIF / ZIP

Available in Simple and Pro

PRO — IMAGE

WebP / AVIF

Animated WebP and still AVIF are supported

PRO — ARCHIVE & BOOK

EPUB / RAR / CBR / 7z / TAR / GZ / XZ / Z / LHA / LZH / CAB / XAR / CPIO

Also supports image folders and image-based fixed-layout EPUB files

REQUIREMENTS

Before you start.

MAC: Apple Silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later
LANGUAGES: English and Japanese
NOT SUPPORTED: Intel Macs, iPhone, iPad, encrypted archives, password-protected archives and split archives
EPUB: Pro supports image-based fixed-layout EPUB files. DRM-protected, encrypted or unsupported EPUB structures cannot be opened.

The apps are being prepared for release on the Mac App Store. Availability and download information will be posted on this website.

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Your manga files,ready to read on Mac.