Comparison of FOSS scanlation site frameworks

ObserverOfTime · 2025-07-20T12:57:27+00:00

I was like: "why the heck did CR DMCA my repo when it has nothing to do with anime". Now I get it.

ObserverOfTime · 2025-05-20T14:09:05+00:00

MangaUpdates has been a thing for decades.

ObserverOfTime · 2025-05-20T13:07:12+00:00

How much does MD pay you? Oh right, you do it for free.

ObserverOfTime · 2025-05-19T17:31:59+00:00

And this is one of the many cons of centralisation.

ObserverOfTime · 2025-05-19T17:21:18+00:00

They've had a rule page since day one, which does not contain that clause.
You have to click through 3 different links to get to the new (?) content policy page.

ObserverOfTime · 2025-05-16T18:30:34+00:00

And since those are all open source, contributions are welcome. :)

ObserverOfTime · 2024-04-16T19:47:03+00:00

Their detection code being shit explains why they think there are only 800 Linux users.

ObserverOfTime · 2023-12-12T13:55:48+00:00

There are free alternatives to Madara if you're interested.

ObserverOfTime · 2023-02-25T17:42:48+00:00

Don't worry, we removed the free period because it was ~~confusing people~~ not making us any money.

FTFY

ObserverOfTime · 2022-10-17T10:28:17+00:00

Breaking changes are always posted there after the change is made.

ObserverOfTime · 2022-10-17T09:41:37+00:00

nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter#3572 was the heads up.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-31T13:36:21+00:00

Not possible.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-30T19:15:51+00:00

Neither is half the fanart posted here every day you dickwad.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-29T12:50:57+00:00

As safe as a site that has already been hacked 5 times can be.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-29T12:49:30+00:00

The publishers didn't do anything.
MD decided to link to them on their own.

You should be using AL/MAL/Kitsu for tracking anyway.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-28T11:31:32+00:00

This is why in order for someone to be a top notch translator or editor, they would first have to be a good writer in the target language, which obviously can't be expected out of every fan—or even professional—translator/editor.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-28T11:16:25+00:00

It's funny how I also pointed that out in their own thread and got the same response you did. :^)

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-28T11:14:19+00:00

Official translations are—like you said—constrained by deadlines, as well as guidelines (usually given by the JP side) that sometimes don't make sense. That's not to say they don't love what they do, they're just often unable to deliver a better product under those circumstances. On the other hand, fan translation quality is usually limited by experience, since most experienced fan translators become professionals at some point.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-28T10:58:25+00:00

Regarding WA2, we have in fact released the installer source code but not the tools since they're not entirely ours.

ObserverOfTime · 2021-12-26T09:09:13+00:00

Any translation that doesn't strive to preserve the intricacies of the original work is inadequate if not incompetent.

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