Top 6 Comic Book Readers (CBR, CBZ) for Linux

Kavita is a super-fast, self-hosted digital library that supports multiple file formats, including EPUB, PDF, comics and manga, with built-in readers (single-page, dual-page, and webtoon modes), OPDS and advanced metadata. It lets you use OIDC or built-in logins to manage users, highlight and create notes, share annotations with users on your server and export to Obsidian. You can choose interface themes, custom fonts for the EPUB reader and smart filters for the navigation/home screen. Kavita scans and analyzes metadata from filenames and ComicInfo.xml, adding external covers, descriptions, ratings and reviews (via Kavita+).

KOReader is a document viewer for E Ink devices. Supported file formats include EPUB, PDF, DjVu, XPS, CBT, CBZ, FB2, PDB, TXT, HTML, RTF, CHM, DOC, MOBI and ZIP files. It’s available for Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook, Android and desktop Linux.

A simple, focused eBook reader for Linux. Read the books you love without having to worry about different format complexities like epub, pdf, mobi, cbr, etc.

Okular is a universal book viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4. This means Okular works on multiple platforms, including but not limited to Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, *BSD, etc. Okular combines the excellent functionalities of KPDF with the versatility of supporting different kind of documents, like PDF, Postscript, DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and others.

Ubooquity allows to organize and read your ebooks and comics on your favorite device, supports many types of files, with a preference for ePUB, CBZ, CBR and PDF files. Ubooquity can be installed on any OS supporting Java (Windows, Linux, Mac OS...) and on a wide range of hardware (desktop computer, server, NAS...). Ubooquity lets you create user accounts and set access rights for each shared folder.

YACReader is a comic reader and comic manager with support for cbr cbz zip rar comic files. It is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X.