WeebCentral Manga Downloader

A powerful and user-friendly manga downloader specifically designed for WeebCentral. Features both GUI and command-line interfaces for downloading manga chapters efficiently with multi-threading support.

Extension

I also created an extension if you dont want to use the script. https://github.com/Yui007/weebcentral_extension

Features

• User-Friendly Interface: Choose between GUI or command-line interface
• Flexible Chapter Selection: Download single chapters, ranges, or entire series
• Concurrent Downloads: Multi-threaded chapter downloading for improved speed
• PDF Conversion: Automatically convert downloaded chapters into PDF files.
• Progress Tracking: Real-time download progress with status updates
• Checkpoint System: Resume interrupted downloads
• Smart Naming: Automatic folder organization with clean naming
• Error Handling: Robust error recovery and logging system
• Google Colab Support: Run directly in Google Colab for cloud-based downloading

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Yui007/weebcentral_downloader.git
cd weebcentral_downloader

2. Install required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Google Colab (Recommended)

Run the scraper directly in Google Colab:

1. Click the "Open in Colab" button above
2. Run the cells in order
3. Follow the prompts to download your manga
4. Use the provided compression tools for easier downloading

GUI Version

Run the graphical interface:

python weebcentral_gui.py

• Check the "Convert chapters to PDF" box to enable PDF conversion.

Command Line Version

Run the command-line version:

python weebcentral_scraper.py

Follow the prompts to:

• Enter manga URL
• Select chapters (single, range, or all)
• Choose output directory
• Set download delay
• Configure thread count
• Choose whether to convert to PDF

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• requests>=2.31.0
• beautifulsoup4>=4.12.0
• selenium>=4.15.0
• tqdm>=4.66.1
• PyQt6>=6.5.0
• fpdf2>=2.7.4
• Pillow>=9.3.0

Configuration Options

• Chapter Selection:
  • Single chapter: '5' or '23.5'
  • Range: '1-10' or '5.5-15.5'
  • All chapters: Press Enter
• Output Directory: Default is 'downloads'
• Delay: Time between chapter downloads (default: 1.0s)
• Max Threads: Concurrent chapter downloads (default: 4)
• PDF Conversion: Option to convert chapters to PDF (default: disabled)

Screenshots

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Disclaimer

This tool is for educational purposes only. Please respect the terms of service of the websites you interact with.

Support

For issues, questions, or suggestions, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.