Lijn — The reader your collection deserves

Lijn is a reader for people who keep a collection. Comics, bandes dessinées, manga, and books — each presented the way it was meant to be read. Import your files, and Lijn organises the rest: series stack together, metadata fills in automatically, and your reading position syncs across every device.

Built native with SwiftUI. No web views, no Electron, no compromise. Your files stay on your device.

From Dutch lijn, “line.” As in ligne claire, the Franco-Belgian drawing style defined by clear contours, flat colours, and respect for the page.

Features

Library

Grid or list. Series stack together, one-shots stand on their own. Filter by format, genre, rating, language, or reading status. Bulk-edit metadata across your entire collection.

Reader

Single page, double-page spreads, vertical scroll, page curl, or panel-by-panel guided view. Left-to-right for BD and comics, right-to-left for manga. Warm and night modes for late reading.

Your current book stays front and centre. Pick up exactly where you left off, on any device. KOSync support for cross-platform reading position sync.

Statistics

Pages read, books finished, reading streaks, time spent, collection growth. Track your reading journey over time.

Annotations

Draw on pages, highlight panels, write margin notes. Bookmark pages to revisit. Export your annotations when you need them.

iCloud Sync

Your entire library — files, progress, bookmarks, annotations — syncs seamlessly via iCloud across iPhone and iPad.

Smart Collections

Create rule-based collections that organise themselves. By author, genre, publisher, format, language, or reading status. Auto-organise suggests collections from your library’s patterns.

OPDS & Import

Browse and download from OPDS catalogs — Calibre, Komga, Kavita, and others. Import from Files, iCloud Drive, or cloud folders. Drag and drop on iPad.

Metadata

Automatic metadata enrichment from Google Books, AniList, Comic Vine, Metron, Open Library, and BnF. Cover art, authors, publishers, genres — filled in for you.

Shortcuts & Widgets

Six Siri Shortcuts for hands-free control. Home Screen widgets to jump back into your current read. Spotlight indexes your full library.

Preview

Lijn library on iPad showing Continue Reading hero and series grid — Library

Lijn reading statistics on iPad — Your Journey

Specs

File Formats

.cbz .cbr .pdf .epub .mobi .azw3

Reader

Single page, double-page spread, vertical scroll, and page curl modes
Panel-by-panel guided view with automatic panel detection
Left-to-right and right-to-left reading directions
Native text engine for EPUB, MOBI, and AZW3 with custom pagination
PDF page view and text reflow modes
Adjustable fonts, margins, and line spacing for ebooks
Warm, sepia, and night reading modes
Pinch-to-zoom with double-tap reset
Bookmarks, annotations, drawing canvas, and highlights

Library

Grid and list views with sort, filter, and search
Series grouping with automatic volume ordering
Smart collections with rule-based filters
Bulk metadata editing across multiple albums
Automatic metadata from Google Books, AniList, Comic Vine, Metron, Open Library, and BnF
Cover OCR for text extraction
Reading recommendations based on your habits

Sync & Import

iCloud library sync across iPhone and iPad
KOSync cross-device reading position sync
OPDS catalog browser (Calibre, Komga, Kavita, and others)
Import from Files, iCloud Drive, cloud folders, or drag and drop
BookWyrm and OpenLibrary reading tracker integration

System

Six Siri Shortcuts intents
Home Screen widgets
Spotlight search indexing
Reading statistics, streaks, and session tracking
No accounts, no tracking, no ads
Built native with SwiftUI and SwiftData