XianScan
Local-first translation studio for manga, manhwa, and manhua. Offline speech bubble detection, multi-script OCR, context-aware LLM translation, and LaMa neural inpainting.
Interactive Quality Comparison
Drag the slider to compare raw scans against LaMa neural text cleaning and context-aware typeset output.
The 6-Stage Scanlation Pipeline
Every image step runs on your own computer. Only the recognized text goes to your translation model, and that can be local too.
Webtoon Re-slicing
Joins webtoon strips and cuts them again in the empty gaps between panels, so no speech bubble is split across two images.
Bubble & Text Detection
Koharu RF-DETR finds speech bubbles, captions and sound effects, and the OCR line detector finds every line of text inside them.
Multi-Language OCR
RapidOCR reads Chinese, Japanese, Korean and seven more languages, in reading order: right to left for manga, left to right for manhwa and manhua.
Context-Aware Translation
The LLM you choose, local or cloud, translates each page with your glossary, per-book directives and the dialogue from previous pages.
Artwork Inpainting
A manga-tuned LaMa model removes the original text and rebuilds the artwork, screentones and gradients behind it, at full resolution.
Automated Typesetting
Fits the translation into each bubble with balanced line breaks, outlines, rotation for tilted bubbles, the right font for every script, plain letters where a font has no accents, and a separate accent font for skill names, attacks and title cards.
Watch XianScan in Action
1-click browser extension capture with live in-place translation, chapter uploading, smart webtoon re-slicing, and local Wi-Fi streaming to Mihon.
Read Anywhere Across Your Devices
Enjoy translated series on desktop web, directly on comic sites, or synced to your Android phone and tablet.
Browser Importer Extension
Chrome / Edge / Firefox1-click chapter importing, automatic image extraction, and live in-browser overlay translation right on raw web manga and manhua reader sites.
Mihon / Tachiyomi Extension
Android Comic ReadersStream translated chapters over your local Wi-Fi LAN directly into Mihon, Tachiyomi, and compatible Android comic reader apps.
Ready to Translate Your Comic Library?
Download the standalone binary or explore the documentation to set up your own self-hosted scanlation studio in minutes.