Getting started

RuneReader fetches raw web-novel chapters, translates them into your language with advanced AI, and turns the page for you. Everything you add is saved to a private library that resumes where you left off.

Sign up with email or Google. Email sign-ups confirm via a link. Set your default reading language in Settings — new novels use it automatically.

From Add a novel, choose one of:

• A book's main page

  Paste the index URL (e.g. a UUkanshu book page). We pull the cover, author and synopsis, then start at chapter one.

• A single chapter link

  Paste any chapter URL. We extract the text and detect the next chapter.

• Your own text

  Paste raw text directly — works for any source.

The book's title and synopsis are translated into your language (the original title is kept in brackets).

The reader streams the translation as it arrives. Customise font, size, spacing, page width and theme — the chrome hides as you scroll and returns when you scroll up.

• One-click next chapter — fetched and translated automatically
• Toggle the original text any time
• Edit a translation for your own copy

Open the glossary in the reader to lock in how names, places and terms are translated — and mark characters male/female so pronouns stay consistent. Updating the glossary re-applies to the chapters you've already translated.

UUkanshu is fully supported today, and most standard novel sites work by pasting a chapter link. See the full list and status on the supported sites page.

We don't (yet) support ePub files, login-walled stores, a browser extension, or mobile apps. Sites with heavy bot protection may need a retry or pasted text.

Translate into twelve languages — including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Set your default in Settings or pick per-novel when adding it.

• No word limits and no content filters
• Author's out-of-story notes are trimmed from chapters
• Your library and translations are private to your account