Mythos

A web novel library for KOReader.
Browse, track, and export your favourite stories as EPUBs — right on your e-reader.

Free & Open Source · GPL-3.0 · Kobo, Kindle & more

What Mythos does

Mythos brings the web novel experience to e-ink — browse, track, and read without ever touching a computer.

Browse & Search

Explore popular novels or search by title directly from your device. No phone required.

Track Novels

Save novels to your library and check for new chapters at a glance with one-tap batch refresh.

Chapter Selection

Pick all chapters, deselect what you don't want, or cherry-pick a custom range with precision.

Flexible Export

Export as a single EPUB, one per chapter, or bundled into volumes — with cover art embedded automatically.

Extension System

Sources are installable plugins. Add support for new sites without updating Mythos itself.

Chapter Caching

Re-opening a tracked novel is instant. Only new chapters are fetched, keeping things snappy.

Screenshots

Mythos runs natively on your e-ink device — no companion app, no cloud sync required.

Installation

Installs like any KOReader plugin — copy, restart, done.

  1. Go to the Releases page and download mythos.koplugin.zip

  2. Extract the zip — you'll get a folder called mythos.koplugin

  3. Copy that folder into KOReader's plugins/ directory on your device

  4. Restart KOReader → Tools → Mythos

Plugin directory by device

Kobo /mnt/onboard/.adds/koreader/plugins/
Kindle extensions/koreader/plugins/
Other wherever your KOReader plugins/ lives

How to get started

Add a source

Go to the Sources tab, tap + Add Repo, and enter the official extension repo. Tap Refresh Index, then tap an extension under Available to install it.

github.com/unitreign/mythosext

Browse or search

Switch to the Browse tab, select your installed source to see popular titles, or tap Search at the top to find something specific.

Track a novel

Tap any novel to open its detail page, then tap Track Novel to add it to your library. Use Refresh on the library screen to check for new chapters across everything you're following.

Export to EPUB

From a novel's detail page, switch to the Chapters tab. Select what you want, tap Export, choose your format, and Mythos builds the EPUB files on your device.

Extension system

Each extension is a small Lua file that teaches Mythos how to talk to one website. Install directly on your device — no Mythos update needed.

The official extension repository is unitreign/mythosext — the best place to start. Extensions are installed from the Sources tab, straight onto your device.

Want to add support for a new site? The full API, required methods, and a worked example are documented in the repo. Finished extensions can be submitted as a pull request to mythosext.

Browse on GitHub →

Official repository

github.com/unitreign/mythosext
1

Sources tab → + Add Repo

2

Enter repo URL, tap Refresh Index

3

Tap an extension under Available

FAQ

Any device that runs KOReader — Kobo, Kindle, and others. If KOReader runs on it, Mythos runs on it.

Supported sites are managed through the extension system. Browse the extension repository, or .

Some chapters are locked behind a paywall on the source site — Mythos marks these and skips them on export. If a chapter that should be free fails to export, open an issue and we'll look into it.

When an update is available, an update button appears next to the extension in the Sources tab. Tap it to update.

Yes, and it always will be. If Mythos is useful to you, donations are welcome on Ko-fi.

You can open a request in the extension repository. If you've built one yourself and want it listed, open a pull request there.

No. Mythos has no analytics or tracking built in. Browsing, fetching novel details, and exporting chapters does make regular HTTP requests to those sites — so they may see traffic from your device, same as any browser visit.

Disclaimer

Mythos is an open-source tool for finding and exporting web novels as EPUB files directly on your e-reader. It only accesses content that sites freely serve to any visitor — no paywalls bypassed, no premium chapters unlocked, no paid content scraped. Locked chapters are marked and cannot be exported. Please respect the terms of service of the sites you use and support the authors you enjoy.