Shaft

A Modern Third-Party Pixiv Client for Android

Shaft is a beautifully crafted, open-source Pixiv client that brings the full Pixiv experience to Android — illustrations, manga, novels, rankings, and more — with a clean Material Design interface and smooth animations.

     

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English | 日本語

Note

This is an unofficial third-party client for Pixiv. All illustrations, manga, and novel works are copyrighted by their respective creators or Pixiv. This project is open-source for learning and communication purposes only.

Screenshots

Home & Recommendations	Discover	Search
User Profile	Navigation Drawer	Browsing History

Features

Browsing & Discovery Personalized illustration, manga & novel recommendations Trending tags with real-time updates Daily / Weekly / Monthly rankings with date picker PixiVision curated articles & special features Related works exploration Illustration & novel series support Search & Filter Search illustrations, manga, novels, and users Sort by popularity / hotness (no premium required!) Filter by bookmark count threshold Advanced search filters

Social & Interaction View, post, and reply to comments Follow users, view followers & following Multi-account support with quick switching User profile with full works gallery Mute / block users and tags Spam comment filtering Downloads & History Batch download with queue management Export download links Local browsing & download history Customizable file naming schemes

Content Support GIF playback & save Full novel reader with series & chapters Novel bookmarks R18 content (requires Pixiv account setting) Reverse image search (SauceNAO / TinEye / IQDB / Ascii2D)

Experience Material Design with smooth animations Dark mode Multi-language support Direct connection for mainland China users Lightweight & battery-friendly

Tech Stack

Language        Kotlin + Java  ·  Target SDK 36 (Android 15)  ·  Min SDK 23 (Android 6.0)
Architecture    MVVM  ·  Repository Pattern  ·  Navigation Component  ·  ViewBinding
Networking      Retrofit 2  ·  OkHttp  ·  RxJava 2/3  ·  RxHttp  ·  Custom DNS & SSL
Storage         Room  ·  MMKV (Tencent)
UI              Material Design 3  ·  Glide  ·  Lottie  ·  SmartRefreshLayout  ·  ZoomImage
Build           Gradle 8.7  ·  KAPT  ·  Custom Annotation Processor  ·  ProGuard
Analytics       Firebase Analytics  ·  Firebase Crashlytics

Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/CeuiLiSA/Pixiv-Shaft.git
cd Pixiv-Shaft

# Build debug APK
./gradlew assembleDebug

# Or build release APK (requires signing config)
./gradlew assembleRelease

Requirements: JDK 17+, Android SDK 36

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

🏆 Top Contributors

🥇 CeuiLiSA 521 commits +143,913 / −85,914	🥈 sunbeams001 504 commits +21,001 / −9,963	🥉 SoxiaLiSA 332 commits +52,639 / −15,211	4ragaki 41 commits +1,231 / −201	duzhaokun123 37 commits +1,174 / −717
0-a-e 19 commits +907 / −839	Lostin-Tianyi 17 commits +1,080 / −149	SodaWithoutSparkles 16 commits +351 / −273	LoxiaLiSA 14 commits +50,536 / −15,637	yxsra 11 commits +182 / −53

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All contributors

FAQ

Check out the FAQ for common questions and troubleshooting.

For customizing where files go and how they're named, see the Download path & filename guide.

License

Pixiv-Shaft is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.

The Telegram Android SpoilerEffect2 renderer and shaders are derived from the official Telegram Android source; see third-party notices.

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Made with love for the Pixiv community