Simple Comic
Simple Comic is a lightweight comic book reader for macOS that opens and displays digital comic archives in formats including CBZ, CBR, CB7, and CBT (which are ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, and tar-based comic containers respectively), as well as PDFs and standard image archives. It is popular with readers who collect digital comics or manga and prefer a dedicated, streamlined viewer over general-purpose archive utilities. The app supports navigation through pages, basic zoom and pan controls, and handles the large archive files typical of comic collections efficiently.
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1 suggestionSimple Comic has been discontinued by its developer and no longer receives updates or support. The Roaring Apps database notes it is flagged as end-of-life. However, the search results indicate that a Universal Binary (native Apple Silicon) version of the app was released before the project was abandoned, so if you have a recent build installed, it may already be running natively on your Apple Silicon Mac. If your copy is an older Intel-only build, you will need to migrate to an alternative reader before macOS 28 removes Rosetta 2 in September 2028. Consider moving to Yacreader (open-source, actively maintained, native Apple Silicon support) or Komga (a more feature-rich self-hosted comic library platform), both of which handle CBZ, CBR, and other comic formats and run natively on M-series Macs. Yacreader is the closest spiritual successor and requires no server setup.
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