Comic Archive Converter
Inspect ZIP and 7Z member headers, declared expanded-size estimates, safety findings and output conflicts before conversion. Preflight detects invalid output parents and file/directory ancestor conflicts without extraction or writes. Declared estimates are not an integrity guarantee.
The problem it solves
Comic Archive Converter Comic Archive Converter converts ZIP/CBZ and 7Z/CB7 archives into a new CBZ or CB7 while preserving every member's bytes and relative path. It rejects unsafe paths and symbolic links, enforces entry and uncompressed-size limits, stages work in a temporary directory, validates the completed archive, and compares SHA-256 member manifests before publishing the output.
Who Comic Archive Converter is for
- Collectors and readers who need a conservative way to organize or inspect their own files.
- Users working with comics, CBZ, CB7 who want the documented v1.1.0 behavior.
- People who prefer an open-source release with visible limitations, source, and license terms.
Intended result
Inspect ZIP and 7Z member headers, declared expanded-size estimates, safety findings and output conflicts before conversion. Preflight detects invalid output parents and file/directory ancestor conflicts without extraction or writes. Declared estimates are not an integrity guarantee.
This summary is reconciled from the current catalog and repository documentation.
Features in v1.1.0
Capabilities below come from the current project README and release documentation.
Comic Archive Converter converts ZIP/CBZ and 7Z/CB7 archives into a new CBZ or CB7 while preserving every member's bytes and relative path. It rejects unsafe paths and symbolic links, enforces entry and uncompressed-size limits, stages work in a temporary directory, validates the completed archive, and compares SHA-256 member manifests before publishing the output.
Verified examples
Screenshots are shown only when the current README references a local source image. Otherwise, repository example files are linked directly.
Platforms and implementation
The public release claims only the cataloged platforms and technologies.
Supported platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Built with
- Python
- py7zr
Changelog
Release notes from the canonical v1.1.0 source tag.
- Added non-converting header preflight with declared size estimates, member findings and output conflicts.
- Reject missing or invalid output parents and file/directory ancestor conflicts without writes.
- Added synthetic regression fixtures for failure isolation and output preservation.
- Added CBZ/ZIP and CB7/7Z input with CBZ or CB7 output.
- Added safe-path, symbolic-link, entry-count, and size controls.
- Added post-conversion integrity checks and SHA-256 member-manifest receipts.
Quick start
The shortest documented path into the current release.
Before running these source commands, download the v1.1.0 source archive, extract it, and open a terminal in the extracted project folder containing README.md. Follow the tagged README for required runtimes and any platform-specific setup.
python -m pip install .
comic-archive-convert issue.cb7 --format cbz --output issue.cbz
comic-archive-convert issue.cbz --format cb7 --output issue.cb7The JSON receipt records source and output hashes, member counts, total bytes, and the verified per-member manifest. The source is always retained and an existing output is refused.
RAR/CBR is deliberately unsupported because reliable decoding depends on separately installed backends and writing RAR is not an open portable path. Compression settings, timestamps, permissions, and archive comments may change; only member paths and bytes are promised. Password-protected archives are unsupported. Keep independent backups. Requires Python 3.10 or newer.
Part of the Logan Pendragon Forge open-source collection. Licensed under the MIT License.
Current limitations
These boundaries are part of the product and prevent the page from implying unverified capability.
The current v1.1.0 release is bounded by the behavior documented in its README and changelog. It does not claim unsupported platforms, automatic interpretation, or results beyond the evidence it produces.
Privacy and licensing
Review the actual data boundary before using a tool with sensitive inputs.
Privacy and safety
No privacy behavior beyond the current repository documentation is claimed. Review the source, security policy, and input/output behavior before using sensitive material.
License and release
Comic Archive Converter is published under MIT. The current cataloged release is v1.1.0, published 2026-10-16.
Related projects
Related projects are selected deterministically from shared catalog tags, category, and implementation technologies—not popularity or paid placement.
Comic Archive Converter v1.1.0
Use the tagged release for downloads and release notes. Use the repository for source, issues, contribution guidance, security reporting, and complete documentation.
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