A variant of WebToEpub with additional features, UI enhancements, and theming options.
WebToEpub-Folio builds on the original WebToEpub extension, which converts web novels and stories to epub format with support for numerous websites and parsers.
WebToEpub-Folio adds:
- Enhanced responsive UI layouts
- Additional themes and customization options
- Improved visual design elements
- A chapter viewer that allows reading downloaded chapters
- Chapter caching to avoid unnecessary redownloading
- Deeper library feature integration
- Automatic "Library Mode" for viewing a story that is a current library book
- Read chapters from library books with the chapter viewer
- More options to edit library books
- Delete and re-order chapters
- Add targeted chapters
- Refresh targeted chapters from source
- Treat library books as a cache tier for individual chapters
This fork explores alternative approaches to user interface and user experience while maintaining compatibility with WebToEpub's core functionality.
Cyberpunk theme with responsive layout - shown while downloading chapters
Library open in list mode - using Dark theme
UI in 'Library Mode' - using Light theme
Chapter viewer open - using Sunset theme
This project maintains an active relationship with the upstream WebToEpub project. Changes to the upstream project are incorporated here and selected improvements here are contributed back via pull requests to benefit the broader userbase.
WebToEpub-Folio works as a standalone extension and development is in progress to make it embeddable for other GPL v3 compatible extensions.
Built on WebToEpub by dteviot. Core functionality and many features remain from the original excellent work.
The original project offers installation instructions that apply to WebToEpub-Folio as well.
Contributions are welcome! Please note our contribution workflow:
Pull requests for improvements to features unique to WebToEpub-Folio such as:
- themes
- responsive layouts
- visual design and user interface elements
- the chapter viewer
- caching
- the updated library integration
are welcome here in WebToEpub-Folio.
For changes to epub conversion logic, parsing, support for new websites, or other core functionality, please contribute directly to the original WebToEpub project. This ensures:
- Your improvements benefit the entire WebToEpub community
- Changes are reviewed by the domain experts
- Updates flow naturally into Folio when we incorporate new changes
WebToEpub-Folio regularly incorporates updates from the upstream project to stay current with improvements and bug fixes. Core functionality changes made upstream will appear in future Folio releases.
Not sure which repo to contribute to? Feel free to open an issue here, and we'll help you find the right home for your contribution.