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

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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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

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 CeuiLiSA

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.