CLU (Comic Library Utilities)

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Enter Folder Name

Selected files have different series names. Please enter a folder name.

Folder Name

Selected files:

Combine Selected Files

Enter a name for the combined CBZ file:

Output Filename

Files with duplicate names will be suffixed with a, b, c, etc.

Remove ComicInfo.xml

Remove ComicInfo.xml from CBZ file(s)?

This will permanently delete metadata from these files.

Remove ComicInfo.xml

Remove ComicInfo.xml from all CBZ files in ?

This will permanently delete metadata from these files.

Smart Rename Preview

Series tokens ({series_name}, {volume_number}, {volume_year}) come from series.json. Issue tokens ({issue_title}, {issue_year}, {issue_month_M}, {issue_month_m}) are read from each file's embedded ComicInfo.xml — unavailable for .cbr files and dropped when absent.

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Create New Folder

Folder Name

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Delete ComicInfo.xml

Delete ComicInfo.xml from ?

This permanently removes the embedded metadata from this file and cannot be undone.

Unsaved changes

Discard to this comic's metadata?

Custom Remove Text from Filenames

Text to Remove from All Filenames:

This text will be removed from all files in the selected directory. File extensions are ignored.

Example:
Filename: Captain Britain v1 001.cbz
Text to Remove: v1
New Filename: Captain Britain 001.cbz

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Replace Text in Filenames

Text to Replace:

This text will be found in all filenames in the selected directory.

Replacement Text:

The text above will be replaced with this text. Leave blank to remove the text.

Example:
Filename: Captain Britain v1 001.cbz
Text to Replace: v1
Replacement Text: Volume 1
New Filename: Captain Britain Volume 1 001.cbz

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Rename Files with New Pattern

New Series Name:

This will replace the series name while preserving issue numbers and years. File extensions will remain unchanged.

Example:
Original: Swamp Thing 001 (1982).cbz
New Series Name: Saga of the Swamp Thing
Result: Saga of the Swamp Thing 001 (1982).cbz

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Search Files

Search Query:

Search through all files and directories in /data. Results will appear below.

Search Results for:

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Select Correct Series

Parsed from filename:

Series:
Issue:
Year:

Please select the correct series from the GCD database:

Select Correct Volume

Parsed from filename:

Series:
Issue:
Year:

Please select the correct volume:

Select Correct Series

Parsed from filename:

Series:
Issue:
Year:

Please select the correct series:

Refine Metadata Search

No metadata was found. You can refine the search term and try again.

Series Name

Issue Number

Force Metadata Match

Tag with a specific issue. Its ComicInfo.xml is written from that issue, whatever the filename says.

Provider

Metron ComicVine GCD

Issue ID

Rename File?

Current filename:

Suggested filename:

The filename will be updated to match the metadata from ComicVine.

Editing… unsaved changes

Split…

Issues are auto-detected from the page filenames. Click New issue here on a page to start a new issue at that page, or Merge into previous on an issue header to combine it upward. Each issue is written as its own CBZ into the output folder below. The original file is kept unchanged.

Output folder

A subfolder created next to the original file.

Free Form Crop - Click and drag to select area

Missing File Check Results

Summary

Missing Issues File

A detailed list of missing issues has been saved to:

View File

This file will remain in the directory for your reference. You can access it anytime by navigating to the folder.

Add CVINFO

Enter the Comic Vine Volume ID for this series. This will be saved as a cvinfo file and used to auto-fetch metadata for comics in this folder.

Comic Vine Volume ID *

Example: https://comicvine.gamespot.com/volume/4050-167796 - the CV_ID is 167796

Metron Series ID (optional)

If you have a Metron series ID, enter it here to enable Metron metadata fetching.

Update ComicInfo.xml

Field to Update

Value

Enter a 4-digit year (e.g., 2024)

Folder:

Create / Update series.json

Metadata provider

Uses the folder's cvinfo when there is one. If the chosen provider has no description, the next provider supplies it.

Folder:

Re-tag with provider

Re-tagging:

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Re-tag with

Only this provider is asked — there is no fallback to another source. Anything it cannot match is queued for review.

Only files currently tagged by

Leave all unchecked to re-tag every file that isn't already tagged by the chosen provider.

Replace existing tags (recommended)

Writes only the chosen provider's data so the whole series is uniform. Untick to keep tags the provider doesn't supply (such as Genre) — this can leave the old provider's extra tags behind.

Each re-tag can be undone from Metadata History.

Backfill missing fields

Asks the provider that tagged each file in (and its subfolders) for the same issue again, and adds only the tags that are blank in the file.

Values already in the file — including ones you edited — are never changed.
Files with no recognised provider, or tagged by hand, are skipped.
Every file looked up is one provider request, so a large folder can take a while and counts against API limits.

Preview only (write nothing)

Folder Info Files

Folder:

cvinfo

series.json

Add to Reading List

Select a reading list

Or create a new list

Add to Pull List

Search for the series

Mapping writes series.json and cvinfo into the folder, so a later Scan Library picks it up on its own.

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