NoveLA

Free, open-source Android reader for web novels, light novels, ranobe & EPUB

25+ sources  ·  Built-in translator  ·  Text-to-speech  ·  Offline reading  ·  Material 3

       

🌍 Language / Язык:   🇬🇧 English  |  🇷🇺 Русский

📥 Download APK  ·  ✨ Features  ·  📚 Sources  ·  🖼 Screenshots  ·  🤝 Contributing

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About

NoveLA is a free Android app for reading web novels, light novels, ranobe, and EPUB files. It combines a powerful multi-source reader with a built-in translator — open any chapter and translate in one tap, without switching apps.

No subscriptions. No ads. Fully open source under GPL-3.0.

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✨ Features

Reader Infinite chapter scrolling Custom fonts and text size Light & dark themes (Material 3) Offline chapter caching Clean immersive reading mode Text-to-Speech Background playback Voice, speed, and pitch control

Discovery 25+ built-in sources across EN, RU, ZH, ID, MTL Global multi-source search Add any novel by URL Filter by genre, rating, status Community plugin repository (Lua-based) Advanced Backup & restore Regex text cleanup (strip ads & junk) Automatic Cloudflare Turnstile bypass Local EPUB library

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🌐 Built-in Translator

Translate chapters while reading — no copy-paste, no app switching. Four backends supported:

Service	Cost	API Key	Notes
Google Translate (Enhanced)	Free	Not required	HTML-based, better quality
Google Translate (Simple)	Free	Not required	Plain text, fast
Google Gemini API	Free tier	Required	AI translation, high quality
OpenAI-compatible API	Varies	Required	OpenAI, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama, Mistral…

Multiple API keys are rotated round-robin when rate limits are hit.

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📚 Sources (25+)

Show full source list

Language	Sources
English	FreeWebNovel · NovelFull · NovelBin · Royal Road · Scribble Hub · AllNovel · NoBadNovel · NovelBuddy · NovelFire · NovelHall · NovLove · ReadNovelFull · WuxiaWorld
Russian	Jaomix · RanobeLib · RanobeHub · Свободный Мир Ранобэ · BookHamster
Chinese	69书吧 · Twkan · Ttkan · Novel543 · Quanben5 · Piaotia
Indonesian	BacaLightnovel
MTL	WTR-LAB
Local	EPUB files

Plus: global multi-source search · add any novel by URL · community plugin repository

Plugin Repository

NoveLA supports Lua-based external plugin repos — community-maintained sources installable directly from the app.

Official repo: HnDK0/external-sources

To add: Finder → Extensions → Settings (gear icon) → paste the repo URL.

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🖼 Screenshots

Library	Catalog	Book Info	Chapter
Translation	Translate Settings	Add by URL	Plugins

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📥 Download

Get the latest APK →

Or build from source:

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

Requires Android 8.0+.

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🛠 Tech Stack

Kotlin · Coroutines · LiveData · Jetpack Compose · Material 3 · Room (SQLite) · Jsoup · OkHttp · Coil · Glide · Android TTS & Media APIs · Google MLKit · LuaJ

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome:

• Fix or improve existing source parsers
• Add new sources via the plugin repo
• Improve the reader UI or performance
• Report bugs via Issues

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📄 License

GPL-3.0 — free to use, modify, and distribute under the same terms.

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