A cute little desktop app for tracking your visual novel backlog, built because spreadsheets are not kawaii enough ✨

Pulls everything straight from VNDB be it covers, ratings, tags, descriptions, release info, all that in a pink fluffy UI you'll actually enjoy looking at (I hope).

Library

Searching VnDB (list)

Searching VnDB (grid)

VN details

• Search the VNDB database by title (expanding the search function is in plan)
• Add VNs to custom categories (defaults: Not finished, Finished, Planned)
• Covers, ratings, tags, and descriptions displayed at a glance
• Click any cover or title to open a full detail popup
• Leave personal notes on any VN in your library
• Move VNs between categories easily
• Rename and delete categories whenever you feel like reorganising
• Filter VNs within a category using the top search bar
• Sort by date added, title, rating, release date, or length
• NSFW content toggle in search (suggestive and explicit separately)
• Touchpad scroll support on Linux
• Everything saves locally: no account, no cloud

• Python : Only tested with Python 3.14.3 but should work with 3.10 or newer
• On Linux: tk package (sudo pacman -S tk or sudo apt install python3-tk)

Download the latest VnManager.exe from the releases page.

yay -S vnmanager

Download the latest VnManager-x86_64.AppImage from the releases page.

chmod +x VnManager-x86_64.AppImage
./VnManager-x86_64.AppImage

Seems to break on debian right now (only archlinux was tested)

git clone https://github.com/Rukeh/VnManager.git
cd VnManager
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

You will probably need to create a virtual environment.

Linux/Wayland: If the window doesn't open, try GDK_BACKEND=x11 python main.py

Personal project made out of frustration with having nowhere cute to track VNs. Not trying to replace your VNDB lists just a nice local companion for your backlog.

If something breaks or you have an idea, feel free to open an issue ♡

MIT — see LICENSE

Some backend components were made with the help of AI