Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with a focus for being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family!
- Serve up Manga/Webtoons/Comics (cbr, cbz, zip/rar/rar5, 7zip, raw images) and Books (epub, pdf)
- First class responsive readers that work great on any device (phone, tablet, desktop)
- Dark mode and customizable theming support
- Provide a plugin system to allow external metadata integration and scrobbling for read status, ratings, and reviews
- Rich Metadata support with filtering and searching
- Ways to group reading material: Collections, Reading Lists, Want to Read
- Ability to manage users, access, and ratings
- Fully Accessible with active accessibility audits
- Dedicated webtoon reading mode
- Full localization support
- And so much more...
If you want to try out Kavita, we have a demo up: https://demo.kavitareader.com/
Username: demouser
Password: Demouser64
The easiest way to get started is to visit our Wiki which has up-to-date information on a variety of install methods and platforms. https://wiki.kavitareader.com/en/install
Note: Kavita is under heavy development and is being updated all the time, so the tag for bleeding edge builds is :nightly. The :latest tag will be the latest stable release.
Got a great idea? Throw it up on our Feature Request site or vote on another idea. Please check the Project Board first for a list of planned features before you submit an idea.
Kavita is being actively developed and should be considered beta software until the 1.0 release. Kavita may be subject to changes in how the platform functions as it is being built out toward the vision. You may lose data and have to restart. The Kavita team strives to avoid any data loss.
If you like Kavita, have gotten good use out of it, or feel like you want to say thanks with a few bucks, feel free to donate. Money will go towards expenses related to Kavita. Back us through OpenCollective. You can also use Paypal, however your name will not show below.
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute and downstream library maintainers. Contribute.
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Thank you to 
JetBrains for providing us with free licenses to their great tools.
Rider
dotTraceWe would like to extend a big thank you to 
who hosts our infrastructure pro-bono.
We would like to extend a big thank you to Huntr who has worked with Kavita in reporting security vulnerabilities. If you are interested in being paid to help secure Kavita, please give them a try.
If you are looking to try your hand at self-hosting but lack the machine, PikaPods is a great service that allows you to easily spin up a server. 20% of app revenues are contributed back to Kavita via OpenCollective.
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