Hayai (早い) means "fast" in Japanese, Hayai is a free and open-source manga & novel reader that brings together the best features from the Tachiyomi ecosystem. Hayai was created because the need for a Tachiyomi fork that prioritized performance, and first-class novel support.
🔹 Hayai
The main Android application — manga & novel reader
Latest features:
- Reduce motion accessibility system
- Tabbed library display option
- Library update report screen
- Novel reader UX overhaul (auto-scroll, flexible slider positioning, previous-chapter infinite-scroll)
- Recommendation system with content-type badges
Automated nightly builds from the latest master branch code
- Hayai Releases — Download stable, beta, and nightly builds
- Issue Tracker — Report bugs or request features
- Contributing Guide — How to contribute code and translations
- Changelog — Detailed release notes and features
- LNReader Plugins — Novel source plugins we support
We welcome contributions!
See our Contributing Guide to get started.
Hayai builds on the shoulders of giants:
- Tachiyomi / Mihon — The original manga reader
- TachiyomiJ2K — UI/UX innovations
- TachiyomiSY — E-Hentai/ExHentai support
- Yōkai — fork built upon
- LNReader — Novel source ecosystem