MangaDex Development Update - March 2026

[Zblurth]

I was wondering if is was planed/talked/already say no to the possibility of having filter in our libraries ? As many terminally ills weebs like me would enjoy that very much when we forget the name of a tittle but know we follow it and it is buried between thousand of other entry.

For now I try to use private list to at least tags some but it is not the best option.

Anyway thanks to the team.

 

[boursk]

In regards to moving the chapter discussions from the forum to comments on the main site; while I have my questions on how the features will differ between the two places, we'll just have to see what the result will be once it lands. My bigger question now is: what problem does it solve?

Is the user engagement not high enough? Pure aesthetic reasons? Or is it part of a bigger vision?

It just feels like a huge change for relatively little payoff from my perspective. Or rather, it feels like there should be more priority on certain other areas which are more essential than this, which has a big impact to change and which is already fully functional.

Personally, I'd love to see a lot more when it comes to improving the report systems: allow dialog between mod team and reporters to discuss a report, allow for(/require) feedback on why a report is rejected, show a reason why someone is banned, allow editing/deleting your own reports, add a little more guidance on what you expect from reports by adding forms for different report reasons, etc.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Doesn't sound all that bad, tbh.
Comments redirecting to the forum was IMO a bit clunky anyway, I do hope that it is done in a way that allows for conversing in them, but I don't see their separation as a big problem.
For the matter of the new comments being limited for now, I suggest running it in parallel with the old system until it can be merged properly and the early issues are ironed out

Well, I look forward to the mainsite feed being eventually unlocked to the common user while the bugs are all fixed with a more limited audience getting early access sounds pretty gud.

And I do think the idea behind this is not: "Let's remove the forums" and "let's slowly phase out that shit software called xenforo into a much better forum that also works nicely with the mainsite."

 

[Litreara]

And I do think the idea behind this is not: "Let's remove the forums" and "let's slowly phase out that shit software called xenforo into a much better forum that also works nicely with the mainsite."

You’re putting too much faith in them, because that’s not what was stated.

 

[roguezilla]

We just want to make sure everything works as intended before releasing them to the entire userbase (especially given the constant spambot waves we have already on the forums), so that's the reason why it won't be open to everyone at first (btw, contributors don't pay )

Or a low low price of waiting a bit more until we expand it to everyone

fair arguments ig
but then again, i find the whole supporter thing pretty funny and hypocritical considering the kind of site we are on

 

[boursk]

I wonder if there's going to be a role-based feature switch that allows users without the supporter role to access the chapter discussion threads on the forum the way it is now and only enables the new chapter comments for users with the supporter role during the testing period.

It would be very cumbersome for all non-supporters to have to jump through hoops to create and access chapter discussion threads on the forum in the interim. Especially since I feel keeping chapter discussions accessible throughout the transition for all users should be a priority. Given the information we've been provided, I don't think I'm alone in having that concern about the testing period...

 

[nkicflt]

If the chapter were to be removed, will all the discussions be deleted also?
I really enjoy the current forum, the discussion is nice. I do not understand why mangadex must move away from the forum, it's working very well.
I personally still think that there must be other functions that will actually bring something new to the site, e.g., filtering one's personal library.

 

[Luke_chase]

A big thank you to our Dex-chan supporters and contributors!

 

[Valle_reading_manga]

You’re putting too much faith in them, because that’s not what was stated.

I mean, it's an open secret that working with xenforo is a headache on the mod side, so moving what is probably by far the largest share of activity to a new(?) system isn't too far-fetched imo.
As for whether the new chapter discussions will be better than xenforo and when they will be available to everyone is up to speculation, I suppose, but given the social features seem to be a key subscription selling point (and probably being co-developed for namicomi?), I'm cautiously optimistic.
If anything, the reporting experience is already way better on the feed, since your reports don't just disappear into the xenforo void...

 

[Dridespoon]

We will provide development and roadmap updates going forward. We will try to do it once a month, but if not enough has changed, we will skip the update until the month after. We don't have an ETA on these yet, we will try to add them when possible.

UI:

1. Considering adding a page selector to the top of the uploads list on the title page
2. Title and chapter comments on the platform for supporters (currently, forum threads)
   1. We will look at importing comments from the forum into the new system
3. Expand social and comments on the platform to group 2
   1. Group 1: Dex-chan supporters (already has access)
   2. Group 2: Data contributors (getting access next)
   3. Group 3: Users (will get access after spam prevention is set up)
4. Payment icons (see NamiComi footer for an example) and other compliance information
5. More tooling for platform moderators to help resolve user reports
6. DMCAs from March 2025 to be added to the transparency report. First batch will be the ones that used the system, second batch will be the ones from CODA and COA, also known colloquially as "the massacre"

System:

1. PIR endpoint (retrieves account data, thanks Bartolumiu!) to join the account deletion endpoint
2. API abuse enforcement for systemic retrieval that doesn't conform to ToS or the API guidelines
   1. The access issues of the last couple of weeks, where MangaDex was degraded, were due to this
3. Android and iOS app release preparations
4. Reading tracking preparations
5. Platform notifications on Web

A big thank you to our Dex-chan supporters and contributors!

God bless Dex-chan.

Nothing will stop any user from doing that, so you can continue to create them, yes. The title and chapter UI links will open the new system, though, so discussion will probably dry out as a result. No one can tell the future, so let's see what happens.

For UI 2 - Title and chapter comments on the platform for supporters:
If it is being rolled out like the "Feed" which is currently visible for everyone, but only supporters/contributors can interact (effectively being read-only for everyone else), how would that work to keep the discussion rate the same during the transition period, without excluding those who aren't supporters or contributors?

In the chapter comments of the series I work on, I can see no supporters or contributors that would engage with this new system. Even though as you say, everyone else can still create threads on the forums manually for chapter discussion in this period, how will they readily access it from the title/chapter UI page with no direct link?

Not to mention the uploaders themselves who in most cases aren't supporters or contributors. Are the users who uploaded the chapters going to be excluded from discussion from the chapters they uploaded themselves?


For System 4 - Reading tracking preparations:
I hope this means we're getting view counts soon.

 

[cybeast21]

I dislike the social media style commentary so idk why are they pushing so much of it over forum disc (I like the current discussion style tbh).

But then again I'm not a supporter so w/e

 

[AnonymousContributor]

Doesn't sound all that bad, tbh.
Comments redirecting to the forum was IMO a bit clunky anyway, I do hope that it is done in a way that allows for conversing in them, but I don't see their separation as a big problem.
For the matter of the new comments being limited for now, I suggest running it in parallel with the old system until it can be merged properly and the early issues are ironed out

Well, I look forward to the mainsite feed being eventually unlocked to the common user while the bugs are all fixed with a more limited audience getting early access sounds pretty gud.

And I do think the idea behind this is not: "Let's remove the forums" and "let's slowly phase out that shit software called xenforo into a much better forum that also works nicely with the mainsite."

Filthy non-forumers who can't even use their brains.

 

[EtherealNeko]

To clarify the position of 'social and comments': Social posts and post comments will be expanded to group 2. When we are confident, we can fight the betting/adult spam on posts and post comments; we will expand it to group 3. Then, and only then, will we switch title comments and chapter comments to the new system.

People dislike change; this is nothing new, but the forum-style commenting system doesn't work well when it's separated to this degree, which is why it's happening. Until the switch-over is complete, both systems will remain accessible and linked.

Regarding "hypocrites": Supporters provide vital resources for the platform's long-term sustainability, whether they subscribe or add data entries that allow other users to find great titles to consume and support. It's okay to question things, but more than once in this thread, you've just been hostile. Please be a positive member of the community, or remove yourself from it; we're done with pointless drama.

Library filtering: Can someone provide a brief description of it? Is it something like allowing advanced search levels of filtering within your own Library?

Views: Implementation is still being discussed. We will likely roll it out to titles first, then consider any implementation for chapters.

 

[EtherealNeko]

Do you know if there will be a more limited character count limit for posts on the platform compared to the forums?

I think the character limit is 3,000 characters? We can increase it if it's constantly becoming an issue for users.

 

[Manko-sensei]

I think the character limit is 3,000 characters? We can increase it if it's constantly becoming an issue for users.

I think they're referring to profile posts, limited to 600 characters.

 

[EtherealNeko]

I think they're referring to profile posts, limited to 600 characters.
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Platform posts and comments are 3,000 to my knowledge, so 5x larger than forums if I got it right. I will confirm.

 

[Litreara]

Platform posts and comments are 3,000 to my knowledge, so 5x larger than forums if I got it right. I will confirm.

I’ve written forum comments that are over 8,000 characters long.

 

[nkicflt]

Library filtering: Can someone provide a brief description of it? Is it something like allowing advanced search levels of filtering within your own Library?

Hi, it is like what you said, like if I forgot the name of a title already in my library, I can filter by genres... to find the correct one. I miss this feature the most ngl.

 

[Litreara]

People dislike change; this is nothing new, but the forum-style commenting system doesn't work well when it's separated to this degree, which is why it's happening. Until the switch-over is complete, both systems will remain accessible and linked.

You guys stated that you won’t get rid of the forum, so I don’t get why you can’t keep both systems directly linked. It feels like the plan is to get rid of the forum in the future and that you’re just not being transparent about it. But I guess it is what it is, and I’m not going to say anything more about it.

On another note, will we be able to post links in this new comment system? Like, if I manually create a forum thread for a chapter, will I be able to post it in the comments?

It's okay to question things, but more than once in this thread, you've just been hostile. Please be a positive member of the community, or remove yourself from it; we're done with pointless drama.

I get that you guys are kind of fed up because of what happened recently, but I don’t think you should write things like this. People only express their dissatisfaction because they care, and writing something like this comes across as insensitive, to be honest. It also makes it seem like you don’t care about the community or their opinions. What would MangaDex be without its community?

I' mean no disrespect with this, it's just feedback.

 

[Angry_Panda]

The title comment 'links' from the mainsite make it pretty clear better integration has always been the intention. Personally I prefer the idea of mirroring the existing forum system onto the mainsite, but with Xenforo being not that much fun to work with by all accounts, I don't think I'm going to object much to dispensing with that in this case. And importing the existing comments from the forums addresses the 'history' issue, so I'm glad to see that mentioned.

The 'social' feed seems intended to serve much the same purpose as the profile posts on the forums do now; it's a little hard to gauge how that's being received with such a small universe of active users at this point. Hopefully opening it up to the contributors will spur a bit more traffic and give a better idea, but until it gets thrown wide open to everyone, I suspect it's shooting in the dark to try and make predictions.

I'm looking forward to seeing the features rolled out, and trying to avoid letting 'OH GOD CHANGE' stop me from going into this with as open a mind as possible.

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I’ve written forum comments that are over 8,000 characters long.

...this seems like a missed opportunity for an 'over 9000' joke, and I for one am slightly disappointed. My day is not ruined, however. (15K sticks in my head as the current cap for forum [not profile] posts, for some reason.)