About

What is DaoSearch?

DaoSearch is a community platform for discovering and tracking web novel raws from Qidian. We're not a reading site — think of us as the place you go to find what to read next, keep track of what you're reading, and see what the community is into.

Features

• Library with search and filters — genre, author, chapter count, update date, and more
• Qidian rankings — trending, rising, free, finished, and all-time charts by gender
• Community rankings based on what readers are actually reading
• Booklists — both Qidian-curated and community-created
• Activity feeds showing what's happening across the community
• Ratings, reviews, and discussions on every novel
• Reading progress tracking — currently reading, plan to read, dropped, completed
• Community tagging on novels and booklists
• “If you liked X, try Y” recommendations
• Translated metadata — titles, synopses, and comments in English via Google Translate

Community-driven

DaoSearch is built for the raws community. The data is sourced, but the curation comes from you — your ratings, reviews, tags, and booklists shape what others discover.

Open platform

DaoSearch is fully open-source. We provide a public API and an MCP server for AI agents — both fully documented and free to use. A Discord bot is also available to bring search, rankings, and book info directly into your server.

• Public API — read-only REST API with search, rankings, booklists, and more
• MCP Server — Model Context Protocol server for Claude and other AI agents
• ChatGPT — custom GPT powered by our API
• Discord Bot — slash commands for search, rankings, reviews, and recommendations
• GitHub — full source code, contributions welcome

Get in touch

Discord is the best way to reach us — for feedback, bug reports, feature requests, or just chatting about novels. We're active there daily.