AI product readChrome extension that converts web novels and other web pages into EPUB e-book files for offline reading
Readers of web novels on sites like Baka-Tsuki, Archive of Our Own, FanFiction.net, Royal Road, and hundreds of other sites cannot easily download content for offline reading. This extension scrapes chapters, downloads images, and packages everything into a standard EPUB file.
1. User browses to a supported web novel/table-of-contents page
2. Clicks the WebToEpub extension icon in the Chrome toolbar
3. Extension auto-detects the site and populates chapter list and metadata
4. User selects chapters to include and optionally adjusts settings (cover image, author, etc.)
5. Clicks 'Pack EPUB' button
6. Extension fetches all selected chapter content and images
7. Generated EPUB file is downloaded to the user's downloads directory
Scrapes chapter content from 200+ supported web novel/fiction sitesParses table of contents pages to discover all chapter URLsDownloads and embeds images into EPUBGenerates properly formatted EPUB files with metadata (title, author, cover image)Built-in library for managing previously downloaded EPUBsSupports custom CSS selectors for unsupported sites via Default Parser
- Target users
- Web novel/light novel readers / Fan fiction readers / Users who want offline access to web-published fiction
- No suspicious files requiring further inspection; all 'suspicious' files in static analysis are false positives (metadata verification, SVG assets, progress bar UI)
- Some destination sites may require user login for paid/premium content — extension handles this gracefully by excluding inaccessible chapters
- The extension has 200+ site parsers making exhaustive review impractical; sampled representative parsers (GenesiStudio, StellarRealm, Kakao) for paid/login signals
MonetizationNo paid features detected
The extension is completely free and open-source (GitHub: github.com/dteviot/WebToEpub). No payment UI, no Stripe/billing integrations, no subscription APIs, no upgrade prompts, and no license key validation found anywhere in the codebase. The 'premium' keyword hits in GenesiStudioParser and StellarRealmParser refer to detecting premium chapters on destination sites — the extension marks them as isIncludeable: false and excludes them, but does not gate any extension functionality behind payment.
- Confidence
- 95
- Payment platform
- --
- Source
- AI / High
- Login required
- No
- Reason
- The extension itself does not require any login or account to use its core workflow (browse to page → click icon → Pack EPUB → download file). All 'auth' keyword matches are false positives referring to 'Author' fields in metadata. The two 'login' hits in messages.json are: (1) an option label 'Download raw (no login)' and (2) a warning message about needing to log into *destination sites* that return 403 errors — not an extension login requirement. The KakaoParser login code (line 15) is explicitly disabled ('disable doing authentication, seems to have changed' at line 27). The cookies permission is used to forward browser cookies to destination sites for Cloudflare-protected content, not for extension authentication.
Great tool!
The Best
2020 Review: The extension has become an integral part of how I consume web novels, and it now has gotten even better. The developer was extremely responsive on his GitHub when I gave ideas on the new design and interface of the extension, and for that, I am grateful. With the latest update, the tool is nothing short of perfect, and I hope that anyone who uses it gives all the kudos and praise to the dev. Cheers. 2019 Review: A plug and play extension and is a simple as it gets, almost too simple sometimes. But I must give credit where credit is due and applaud the developer for being active and helpful whenever a problem was encountered. Much appreciated mate and hope you keep this alive.
Definitely 5 stars. The best extension to grab all the links and make them an epub.
非常好用~謝謝作者!!!
I searched for several months trying out over 12 different apps from link grabbers to epub & file converters and this is the absolute Winner! I love how easy this app is to use. Thank you so much for developing it and keep up the good work in further progress of the extension.
웹으로 공개된 도서를 쉽게 이북으로 만들수 있음 최고 Great tool!
amazing, thank you
The Best tool for reading webnovels
Excellent still works!