Metron

A community created comic-book database.

🤔 <a href="motivation">Motivation</a>

Currently, the only comic book database the provides a REST API for users is <a href="https://comicvine.gamespot.com/"> Comic Vine</a>. Unfortunately, since it's a corporately-owned service, the community that uses it has no control over the amount of resources provided to maintain it or ensure it's continued accessibility. So, I started Metron as an alternative to Comic Vine and as an educational exercise.

🔊 <a href="community">Community</a>

🤝 <a href="contributing">Contributing</a>

If you're interested in helping add comics to the database, head over to https://metron.cloud and read the Editing Guidelines before signing up for an account.<br><br> If you got knowledge of Python, Django or System Administration, I'm always looking for help with the technical side of the project, so please contact me.<br><br> If you have any questions or suggestions, please head over to the discussion page.

💸 <a href="donating">Donating</a>

If you are interested in donating to the Metron Comic Book Database to help with server and development costs, you can back us through OpenCollective.

👍🏻 <a href="alternative">Alternatives</a>

The project is fairly new compared to the other databases, so it might not meet your needs. Some alternatives include:

• Grand Comics Database (GCD) - Large database, that unfortunately doesn't provide an API.
• League of Comic Geeks - Has an API that is only available to retailers, and they seem to have zero interest in opening access to their community.
• Comic Vine - Publicly available API.