Kareadita/Kavita

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

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Kavita

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Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross-platform reading server. Built with a focus for being a full solution for all your reading needs. Set up your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family!

What Kavita Provides

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)
Customizable theming support: Theme Repo and Documentation
Ability to download metadata, reviews, ratings, recommendations, and more (scrobbling, smart collections, ...) (available via Kavita+)
Rich Metadata support with filtering, searching, and smart filters
Ways to group reading material: Collections, Reading Lists (CBL Import), Want to Read
Ability to manage users with rich Role-based management for age restrictions, abilities within the app, OIDC, etc
Rich web readers supporting webtoon, continuous reading mode (continue without leaving the reader), virtual pages (epub), etc
Ability to customize your dashboard and side nav with smart filters, custom order and visibility toggles
Full Localization Support (Weblate)
Epub-based Annotation/Highlight support

Support

Demo

If you want to try out Kavita, a demo is available: https://demo.kavitareader.com/

Username: demouser
Password: Demouser64

Setup

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/getting-started

Feature Requests

Got a great idea? Throw it up on Discussions or vote on another idea. Many great features in Kavita are driven by our community.

Notice

Kavita is being actively developed and should be considered beta software until the 1.0.0 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.

Donate

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. Kavita+ is also an option which provides funding and a benefit.

Kavita+

Kavita+ is a paid subscription that offers premium (internet-facing) features that otherwise wouldn't be feasible to include in Kavita. It is run and operated by majora2007, the creator and primary developer of Kavita.

If you are interested, you can use the promo code FIRSTTIME for your initial signup for 2$ off the first payment. Get some sweet features, while supporting majora2007's goal to go full time on Kavita development.

If you already contribute via OpenCollective, please reach out to majora2007 for a provisioned license.

Localization

Thank you to Weblate who hosts our localization infrastructure pro bono. If you want to see Kavita in your language, please help us localize. Drop by the discord and sign up for the Translator role.

I don't have a Server

If you want to take a stab at self-hosting, but don't have a PC, you can use either Zenith or PikaPods. Both these companies offer a simple interface to self-hosting and contribute back to Kavita via OpenCollective.