Documentation

These guides are for people who run MangaPixer on their own hardware. They describe the current release; the version you are running is shown in the app footer and returned by GET /api/v1/system/info.

Install

Page	What it covers
Install on Unraid	The Unraid template or Compose file: single /config folder, PUID/PGID, media shares, upgrades.
Install on Windows	The native package since 1.13.0: the MSI installer, the tray app, ports and LAN access, where data lives, upgrades and uninstall.
Install with Docker	The canonical Compose setup: volumes, media mounts, ports, first-run setup, upgrades, where backups land.

Set up and run

Page	What it covers
How MangaPixer works	The parts that run, where your data goes, what happens when you scan and read, memory use, and privacy.
Configuration reference	Every environment variable and settings key you can set, with defaults, plus the settings admins change in the app.
Library layout	How your folders and archives appear in the app, supported formats, sorting, filters, favorites, rescans and moves, and the read-only guarantee.
Users and access	First-run setup, admins and readers, activation links, library access, analytics, Private libraries, Incognito, sessions.
Backup and restore	Automatic database backups, backup settings and a custom backup folder, restoring a backup, what a backup contains, importing YACReader progress.
Reverse proxy and HTTPS	Putting MangaPixer behind Caddy or nginx for TLS, the forwarded headers it trusts, and exposing it to the internet.

Use

Page	What it covers
Features	Everything MangaPixer does, by area, and the supported archive and image formats.
Reader	Page modes, fit, image quality (Page quality, Downscale filter, Enhance), reading direction, page-turn animation, keyboard/touch controls, prefetch, resume position, read state.
Series information	Series details from ComicInfo.xml and, if an admin allows it, MangaUpdates: the panel and series page, search by alternative title, Identify and automatic matching, what is sent, the Metadata Manager page for admins.

Help

Page	What it covers
Troubleshooting	Health checks, logs, sign-in problems, scans that miss files, archives that won't open, missing thumbnails, backups that stopped, permission errors, port conflicts, restore problems.
FAQ	Short answers to common questions.
Privacy and security	No telemetry, what leaves your server when an admin turns on an internet feature, how sessions and logs are protected, reporting a vulnerability.
MangaPixer compared	How MangaPixer differs from Komga, Kavita and YACReader, and when another server is the better fit.