Library search
Searching your library does more than match titles. You can search one field, compare numbers and dates, combine terms and exclude things.
To search, tap the search icon in .
The same grammar works for manga and for light novels, so a query means the same thing whichever library you are on, including All. Everything is case-insensitive.
Plain words
A word with no field name searches the title, author, artist, description, genre, source name and notes. Two words means both have to match.
| Query | Finds |
|---|---|
dungeon | anything with "dungeon" in any of those fields |
dungeon reincarnation | entries matching both words |
"slime datta ken" | the exact phrase, thanks to the quotes |
Commas separate terms too, so dungeon, reincarnation reads the same as writing them with a space.
Searching one field
Put the field name and a colon in front of the term to search only that field.
| Field | Also written as | Example |
|---|---|---|
title: | title:solo | |
author: | author:kubo | |
artist: | artist:murata | |
description: | desc: | desc:academy |
genre: | tag: | genre:horror |
source: | src: | source:mangadex |
notes: | note: | notes:reread |
language: | lang: | lang:en |
srcid: | source_id:, sourceid:, src_id: | srcid:novelarrow |
chapter: | ch: | chapter:epilogue |
Three fields need their name typed
A plain word never searches language:, srcid: or chapter:, so those only answer when you name them.
source: matches the source's display name, so source:mangadex and src:manga both work on a partial name. srcid: matches its exact identity instead: a number for manga sources, the plugin's id (such as novelupdates) for light-novel plugins, and a prefixed number such as tachiyomi:42 or ireader:42 for novel extension apps. Reach for srcid: when two sources have similar names. On manga, source:local finds entries from your local source. A merged series answers for every source it reads from, so source:, srcid: and lang: find it through any of them, not only the one leading it.
chapter: searches chapter names, so chapter:epilogue finds every entry with a chapter called that. It is the one field that looks past the entry itself, which is why a plain word never includes chapter names.
An empty quoted value finds entries where a field is missing: genre:"" finds entries with no genres at all. A bare genre: with nothing after it reads as ordinary text instead.
chapter: is not accent-insensitive
Its case-insensitivity covers plain letters only, so an accented character has to match the chapter's own casing. ch:épilogue does not find "Épilogue".
Comparing numbers and dates
| Field | Also written as | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
unread | unread chapter count | |
read | read chapter count | |
total | total chapter count | |
id | the entry's internal id | |
added | the date you added it | |
nextupdate | nu | when it is next due to be checked |
fetchinterval | fi | how often it is checked, in days |
Compare with >, <, >=, <= or =. Dates are written year-month-day, like 2026-08-01.
| Query | Finds |
|---|---|
unread>5 | more than five unread chapters |
unread=0 | nothing left to read |
total<20 | short series |
added>2026-01-01 | added this year |
id=1425 | that exact entry, though on All a manga and a novel can share a number, so you may get one of each |
Excluding and combining
Terms sitting next to each other mean "and", || means "or", a leading - excludes, and parentheses group. Writing && for "and" is allowed but never needed.
| Query | Finds |
|---|---|
-horror | everything except horror |
-genre:ecchi | everything without that genre |
genre:action genre:comedy | both genres |
genre:action || genre:comedy | either genre |
(genre:action || genre:comedy) -horror | either genre, and not horror |
chapter:finale -genre:horror | has a chapter called finale, is not horror |
Gallery sources
Entries from gallery sources also answer the namespace tag grammar those sources use, such as artist:toyya or female:glasses, on top of everything above. Each term matches such an entry if either grammar finds it, so -female:glasses rules out every entry carrying that tag, even beside a word the title matches. Tag terms also take * wildcards (artist:toy*), a leading $ for an exact tag, and match the entry's alternative titles. See adult sources.
If something does not match
- A misspelled field name is searched as plain text.
titel:sololooks for the literal text rather than warning you, and finds nothing. - Search uses the details you set, not the source's. Rename an entry through Edit info and search finds it under your name, no longer the source's. The same goes for an author, artist, description or genre you overrode. Sorting and grouping still use the source's values.
chapter:only searches chapters already saved on your device, which for most entries means everything fetched so far rather than the source's full catalogue.- A merged series is matched as one card. Text fields read the entry you see, while
source:,srcid:,lang:andchapter:also look through every source behind it.