Advanced editing

Advanced local series metadata editing for enhanced library organization.

Editing local series details

It is possible to add details to local series. Like series from other sources, you add information about the series such as the author, artist, description, and genre tags.

Details are read from a ComicInfo.xml file in the Series folder. The app writes one there itself the first time it reads a series, so the easiest way to start is to open the series once and then edit the file it leaves behind.

It also looks inside your chapter archives: if a chapter archive contains a ComicInfo.xml and the series folder does not, the app copies it up to the series folder and reads it. Most comic archives from other tools already carry one.

A .json details file is the old format

It still works, but only once. The app reads it, converts it to ComicInfo.xml, and deletes the JSON, so do not be surprised when your file disappears. Write ComicInfo.xml directly for anything new.

The old format, for reference:

{
  "title": "Example Title",
  "author": "Example Author",
  "artist": "Example Artist",
  "description": "Example Description",
  "genre": ["genre 1", "genre 2", "etc"],
  "status": "0",
  "_status values": ["0 = Unknown", "1 = Ongoing", "2 = Completed", "3 = Licensed", "4 = Publishing finished", "5 = Cancelled", "6 = On hiatus"]
}

TIP

If you would rather not write metadata by hand, the Android app Koguma-Metadata and this website both generate it for you.

Using a custom cover image

It is also possible to use a custom image as a cover for each local series.

To do this, place an image named cover in the root of the series folder. Any image extension works, so cover.jpg, cover.png and cover.webp are all fine. The app will then use your custom image in the local source listing.