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Local source

If you like to download and organize your media, then you want to know how to manage your own series in Tachiyomi.

WARNING

This page explores some advanced features.

Creating local series

  1. Create a folder named local in the /Tachiyomi/ folder.

    The /Tachiyomi/ folder is located in the root of phone's internal storage or external SD card and it's not related to the eu.kanade.tachiyomi/ folder or the download location in the settings.

  2. Place correctly structured series inside /Tachiyomi/local/.

    If adding series in folders it is recommended to add a file named .nomedia to the local folder so images do not show up in the gallery.

  3. You should now be able to access the series in Browse -> Sources under Local source.

If you add more chapters then you'll have to manually refresh the chapter list (by pulling down the list).

Supported chapter formats are folders with pictures inside (such as .jpg, .png, etc), ZIP/CBZ, RAR/CBR and EPUB. But expect better performance with directories and ZIP/CBZ.

Remember to give the app storage permissions on Android 6 and newer.

Folder structure

Tachiyomi requires a specific folder structure for local series to be correctly processed. Local series will be read from the Tachiyomi/local folder. Each series must have a Series folder and a Chapter folder. Images will then go into the chapter folder. See below for more information on archive files. You can refer to the following example:

Example

    /storage/18F5-2C11/Tachiyomi/local
  • [the series title]
    • cover.jpg
    • chapter_1
      • image_1.ext
      • image_n.ext
    • chapter_2
      • image_1.ext
      • image_n.ext
    • chapter_n
      • image_1.ext
      • image_n.ext

Tachiyomi will see four chapters in a single series. The path to the folder with images must contain both the series title and the chapter name (as seen above).

Archive files

Archive files such as ZIP/CBZ are supported but the folder structure inside is not. Any folders inside the archive file are ignored. You must place the archive inside the Series folder where the name will become the Chapter title. All images inside the archive regardless of folder structure will become pages for that chapter.

Example

    /sdcard/Tachiyomi/local
  • [the series title]
    • cover.jpg
    • chapter_1.zip
      • image_1.jpg
      • image_n.jpg
    • chapter_2.zip
      • image_1.jpg
      • image_n.jpg
    • chapter_n.zip
      • image_1.jpg
      • image_n.jpg