NoveLA

[!TIP] The current app is now located here: https://github.com/HnDK0/MiruTime All active development, updates, and issue tracking have moved to this repository.

⭐️ If you find NoveLA useful, please consider giving it a star! It helps the project grow and stay motivated to fix bugs and improve performance.

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Download

Get the latest APK — requires Android 8.0+

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/HnDK0/NoveLA
# Open in Android Studio and run on a device or emulator

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Features

• 35+ sources (built-in + Lua plugins)
• Global multi-source search; add any novel by URL
• In-reader translation with parallel mode and novel-specific prompts — no copy-paste, no app switching
• Infinite chapter scrolling with offline caching
• Custom fonts, text size, light/dark themes (Material 3)
• Text-to-speech with floating mini-player, background playback, speed/pitch control, Bluetooth support, and multiple engine support
• Local EPUB and FB2 library with bulk import
• Backup & restore with granular selection and auto backup
• Regex text cleanup (strip ads and injected text)
• Automatic Cloudflare Turnstile bypass
• Novel migration between sources
• Library filters by genre, source, and category
• Download all chapters
• TTS reading timer
• 20 interface languages
• Manga reader for image-based novels, with tap-to-open menu and a size-capped per-page image cache
• Export any book to EPUB directly from the chapters screen
• Book ratings with localized labels
• In-reader webpage translation via a JS bridge (translate any page inside the reader)
• Per-novel translation settings — enable/disable and choose a language pair independently for each book, included in backups
• Reader polish: custom font color, letter spacing, auto-scroll, manual paragraph highlighting, and quick reader toggles
• Library: source strip on book cards (on-cover or below-cover) and redesigned cover badges
• Translate or clear translation for local books and selected chapters; batch-download the next 100 chapters

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Translation

Four backends supported. Multiple API keys are rotated round-robin on rate limits.

Backend	Cost	API key
Google Translate (Enhanced)	Free	Not required
Google Translate (Simple)	Free	Not required
Google Gemini	Free tier	Required
OpenAI-compatible	Varies	Required

OpenAI-compatible accepts OpenAI, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama, Mistral, and any compatible endpoint.

Parallel mode displays original and translated text side by side. Novel-specific prompts let you customize translation behavior per book.

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Plugins

NoveLA supports external Lua-based source plugins installable directly from the app.

Official plugin repo: HnDK0/external-sources

To add: Finder → Extensions → ⚙️ → paste repo URL

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Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! You can help the project in several ways:

• ⭐️ Star the repository — the simplest way to support development and boost visibility.
• 🐛 Report bugs or suggest improvements by opening an Issue.
• 🧩 Fix bugs or add source parsers via Pull Requests (check the external-sources repo for Lua plugins).

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Tech stack

Kotlin · Coroutines · Jetpack Compose · Material 3 · Room · Jsoup · OkHttp · Coil 3 · LuaJ · Hilt · WorkManager · Android TTS & Media APIs

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License

GPL-3.0