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Install simple-comic with Homebrew Cask
Comic viewer/reader. Version 1.9.9 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Comic viewer/reader
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Commands and aliases
No executable aliases were found in the local package database.
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Project history and usage
Simple Comic is an open-source, streamlined comic-book reader for macOS designed to reduce the interactions needed to browse a comic.
Project history
The current Simple Comic repository is a maintained fork of Andrew Rauchfuss's original project. Its maintainer explains that the fork continued development after maintenance of the original version ceased.
Adoption history
The maintained project is distributed as a native macOS application and through Homebrew Cask. Its support for common CBR and CBZ archives and its bundled Quick Look component fit established macOS comic-library workflows.
How it is used
Users open comic archives such as CBR and CBZ files for page-oriented reading. The bundled Quick Comic component supplies Finder previews and thumbnails, while Live Text can make recognized comic text selectable for copying or speech.
Why package nerds care
Simple Comic is a focused native alternative to larger ebook managers: it opens common comic archives, minimizes reader interaction, and integrates previews and thumbnails with macOS Quick Look.
Timeline
- The current maintained fork succeeded the original Simple Comic project after its maintainer became inactive.
- Later development added Apple Live Text support on Apple Silicon Macs.
Related projects
- Original arauchfuss/Simple-Comic project
- Quick Comic Quick Look plug-in
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for simple-comic. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.9.9
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Simple-Comicnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:simple-comic |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9.9 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/simple-comic |
| Homepage | https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic |
| Repository | https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic |
| Source archive | https://github.com/MaddTheSane/Simple-Comic/releases/download/App-Store-1.9.9/Simple.Comic.1.9.9.zip |
| SHA-256 | 34fa1777c0643d145b8e8ba90b6c6eeb096b21c3beb34728c9df97dad9a1f1ac |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | simple-comic |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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Combined YAML source
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