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Kavita

by Kareadita

Kavita is a self-hosted reading server that allows you to share your reading collection, including comics and books, with friends and family.

Worth a lookEstablished, with a few things to check (listed below).

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Stars
11.9k
Licence
GPL-3.0
Runs on
A small server
Setup
Moderate
Language
C#
Age
2143 days

What you can do with it

  • Host your own reading server
  • Share comics and books with friends and family
  • Customize the reader interface

Ways a business could use it

  • Save on subscription fees for reading servers
  • Provide a custom reading experience for clients or employees

Can you use it commercially?

Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Setup methods and platforms are documented on the Wiki.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • early alpha
  • abandoned

Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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