# Install lanraragi with Homebrew, Nix

Web application for archival and reading of manga/doujinshi. Version 0.9.81 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lanraragi
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lanraragi
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lanraragi
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/lanraragi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:lanraragi
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lanraragi>
- **Version:** 0.9.81
- **Source summary:** Web application for archival and reading of manga/doujinshi
- **Homepage:** <https://lrr.tvc-16.science>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://sugoi.gitbook.io/lanraragi>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi/archive/refs/tags/v.0.9.81.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T02:24:37Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- lanraragi (cli)
- lanraragi (alias)

## Dependencies

- ghostscript
- imagemagick
- libarchive
- libffi
- node
- openssl@3
- perl
- redis
- zstd

## Build dependencies

- cpanminus
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 0.9.81
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Project history and usage

LANraragi is a self-hosted web server for archiving and reading comics and manga, built around archive files, Mojolicious, Redis, plugins, and browser-based reading.

### Project history

The upstream README describes LANraragi as an open-source server for archival of comics and manga, running on Mojolicious and Redis. Its feature set grew around keeping archives in compressed formats, reading them from a web browser, exposing OPDS and client APIs, and importing metadata through plugins.

The release history shows a long-running hobbyist/self-hosted project with many themed releases. Version 0.7.8 was discussed on 2021-04-07 as a front-end improvement release. Version 0.8.7 was announced on 2022-10-14 with Windows installation fixes and Docker-related adjustments. Version 0.9.3 was discussed on 2024-12-28 with new plugins and API additions, and later 0.9.x releases continued API-client and downloader fixes.

### Adoption history

LANraragi's adoption is centered on self-hosters who keep manga/comic libraries on NAS, Docker hosts, or local servers. The README advertises Docker pulls, GitHub release downloads, Homebrew packaging, a demo site, Discord, GitHub Discussions, and hosted translation via Weblate, all of which point to a community-maintained media-server project rather than a single-purpose reader.

### How it is used

Users point LANraragi at archive files such as zip, rar, 7z, cbz, cbr, PDF, and related formats. The server indexes them, serves a browser reader, exposes OPDS/API access for external readers, and can use plugins to import tags and metadata.

### Why package nerds care

For package nerds, LANraragi is one of the more distinctive Homebrew media-server formulas: a Perl/Mojolicious and Redis application for a niche archive-library workflow. It matters less as a Unix primitive and more as a packaged self-hosted app that crosses Docker, NAS, Windows, and CLI service management.

### Timeline

- 2021-04-07: Version 0.7.8 discussion described front-end improvements.
- 2022-10-14: Version 0.8.7 discussion documented Windows install fixes and Docker adjustments.
- 2024-12-28: Version 0.9.3 discussion described new features, plugins, and API work.
- 2025-07-25: Version 0.9.21 release notes described an API-client hotfix.
- 2025-11-04: Version 0.9.22 release notes described a downloader hotfix.

### Related projects

- Related projects include Mojolicious, Redis, Docker, OPDS readers, comic archive formats such as CBZ/CBR, and metadata sources consumed by LANraragi plugins.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi>
- <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi/discussions/1135>
- <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi/discussions/445>
- <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi/discussions/704>
- <https://github.com/Difegue/LANraragi/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Difegue/LANraragi/dev/README.md>
- <https://sugoi.gitbook.io/lanraragi>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: lrr.conf
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** lanraragi
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - lanraragi: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/lanraragi/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

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- [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [ghostscript](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghostscript/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [imagemagick](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/imagemagick/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libarchive](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libarchive/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [perl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/perl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [redis](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/redis/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cpanminus](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cpanminus/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lanraragi.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/lanraragi.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
