FOSS scanlation site frameworks
| FoOlSlide2 | MangAdventure¹ | Danke.moe | ReaderFront | Bakkin Reader X | Monochrome | FoOlSlideX² | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Maintained | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ✓ |
| Secure | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ? | ? | ~ | ? |
| Easy setup | ~ | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ~ |
| Well-tested | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Documented | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Blogging | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| RSS/Atom | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Search | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ |
| Downloads | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bookmarks | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Monetization | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Analytics | ✗ | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hit count | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| Image CDN | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| IPFS | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Docker | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multi-language | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| Multi-group | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ~ |
| Mobile-friendly | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ~ |
| SEO | ~ | ✓ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ |
| Frontend | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★☆☆☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Reader | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| API³ | JSON | JSON | JSON | GraphQL | JSON | JSON | None |
| Comments | None | None | Disqus | Disqus | None | Custom | Custom |
| Codebase | CodeIgniter (PHP) | Django (Python) | Django (Python) | React (JS) | N/A (PHP) | Vue (JS) | Smarty (PHP) |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | MIT | AGPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Sample | Evil Flowers | Assorted Scans | Danke fürs Lesen | Ravens Scans | Bakkin | Monochrome Scans | FoOlSlideX |
Only frameworks with existing sites are included.
¹ I am one of the developers of MangAdventure.
² No direct relation to FoOlSlide or FoOlSlide2.
³ You can find more manga APIs in this post.