Most problems in Boundless come from the same place: the app talks directly to the site your chosen source targets, with no server of its own in the middle. That makes the app fast and private, and it also means a source can only be as reliable as the site behind it. This page works through the common failures in the order you are likely to meet them.
A repository will not load
If Settings cannot fetch the list of sources from a repository URL, the first thing to check is the URL itself, character by character. A missing letter or a wrong scheme is the usual cause. The official repository is:
https://boundless.moe/repo
If the URL is right:
- Check that the device has a working internet connection.
- Try again in a few minutes. A repository is hosted somewhere, and that somewhere can be temporarily unreachable.
- Remove the repository and add it again.
Browse and Search are empty
This is expected on a fresh install: Boundless ships with zero content sources. You need to add a repository and install a source before there is anything to browse. See Adding sources.
If you have installed a source and Browse is still empty, confirm the source is actually installed rather than only listed in a repository, then reopen the tab.
A source returns nothing, or errors
Source extensions are JavaScript that runs on your device and reads a live website. When that website changes its layout, the extension can stop finding what it expects.
Work through this list:
- Try a different title or a different search. A single broken page is different from a broken source.
- Check the site directly. Every title detail screen has an in-app browser button for its source. Open it and see what the site actually does. If the site itself is down or has moved, no client-side fix will help.
- Check for a repository update. Extension authors fix breakage on their side, and an updated source is the normal remedy.
- Remove and reinstall the source. Your library, progress, and history are stored separately in the local database, so this does not touch your reading data.
Boundless does not host, proxy, or cache content on any server. When a source site is unavailable, the content is genuinely unavailable, and there is no fallback copy to serve you.
Images or pages load slowly
Every image comes straight from the source site to your device. Slowness is usually the site, the distance to it, or your connection. Two things help:
- Download chapters in advance from the chapter list, individually or with the bulk action bar, then read from local storage. See Your library.
- Read over a stable connection when you are downloading a batch.
Downloads are missing or incomplete
- Confirm the chapters were actually queued. The bulk action bar has a Download action, and it applies to whatever you selected.
- Check available storage on the device. A long series of image chapters is not small.
- If a download failed while the source site was unavailable, try it again once the site responds.
Reading position looks wrong
Boundless stores a precise resume position locally. Two things commonly get mistaken for a bug:
- Positions do not sync between devices. There is no cloud sync of reading progress, so your iPad does not know where you stopped on your iPhone.
- Deleting the app deletes the local database. After a reinstall, the library, progress, and history are gone from that device.
The app icon will not change on Mac
Alternate app icons are an iPhone and iPad feature. Accent themes, background styles, and ambient effects work everywhere. See Appearance.
The interface feels heavy
Background styles other than Standard are animated gradient washes, and ambient effects are continuously animating particle fields. Setting the background to Standard and the ambient effect to None gives you the quietest, least busy interface available.
Still stuck
Check the blog for recent notes, and the download page for current availability information.