{
 "id": "comic-book-archive",
 "name": "Comic Book Archive",
 "category": "other",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "cbz",
   "cbr",
   "cbt",
   "cba",
   "cb7"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/vnd.comicbook+zip",
   "application/vnd.comicbook-rar",
   "application/x-cbr"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1462"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q507860"
  ]
 },
 "status": "writable",
 "summary": "Comic Book Archive (or comic book reader) files are zipped/compressed folders containing a number image files (although folders may be used to group images), for the purpose of the sequential viewing of these images, usually for comic books. They use a naming system which allows them to be displayed in order when used with a comic book reader, such as CD display. Comic book archive files are not a distinct file format; only the file extension differentiates them from the compressed file type they use. Comic book archive files use the following compression: .cb7 (7z), .cba (ACE), .cbr (RAR), .cbt (TAR), .cbz ( ZIP).",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "Archive Utility",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963462",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Bookworm",
   "url": "https://babluboy.github.io/bookworm",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "CDisplay",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3559913",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "ComiXed",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130554886",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Kobo eReader",
   "url": "http://www.koboereader.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Lector",
   "url": "https://github.com/BasioMeusPuga/Lector",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "MComix",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6715101",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "MuPDF",
   "url": "https://mupdf.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Mylar3",
   "url": "https://mylarcomics.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q479808",
   "url": "https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q747793",
   "url": "https://calibre-ebook.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "STDU Viewer",
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150224145333/http://stdutility.com/stduviewer.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1462",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1462",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q507860",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507860",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}