# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kavita
Homepage: http://www.kavitareader.com
Language: C#
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: manga, self-hosted, metadata, media-server, free, cross-platform, csharp, ubooquity, epub, epub-reader, cbz, comics-reader, comics, linux, windows, pdf, opds, opds-feed, comicinfo, annotations
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:03:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2090, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 111, "gap_med": 10.5, "n_releases_24m": 17}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11565, forks 655 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:48.705808+00:00)

## What it is
Kavita is a fast, cross-platform, self-hosted reading server for manga, comics, webtoons, and ebooks (EPUB, PDF, CBZ/CBR). It provides responsive web readers, rich metadata management, user management with role-based access, OPDS support, and library organization features.

## Use cases
- self-host a manga and comic library server
- read EPUB and PDF books in the browser
- share a digital reading collection with friends and family
- serve comics to mobile devices via OPDS
- organize a large ebook and manga collection with metadata and filters
- run a webtoon reader with continuous scrolling mode
- manage multiple users with age restrictions on a reading server

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted alternative to Ubooquity or Calibre-web for comics, manga, and books
- you need a polished web-based reader for EPUB, PDF, and image-based formats
- you want multi-user support with permissions, OIDC, and OPDS feeds
- you need rich metadata, smart filters, reading lists, and theming

## When to avoid
- you only need audiobook or music streaming (use Audiobookshelf or similar)
- you want a desktop-only reader without a server component
- you need Kavita+ features like scrobbling and external metadata without a paid subscription

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, search-engine, pdf-viewer, image-processing, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted, web-development, files, pdf
- platform: cross-platform, windows, self-hosted, dotnet
- tags: reading-server, manga, comics, epub, opds, media-server, ebook-reader, webtoon, digital-library, metadata, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- Kareadita/Kavita (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:48.705808+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:15:30.549308+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:48.705808+00:00, sha 424c05dabfeb)
  - homepage: http://www.kavitareader.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:02.676890+00:00, sha f99adbae92e9)
  - site_page: https://wiki.kavitareader.com/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:02.686383+00:00, sha 208e31e86291)
  - site_page: https://www.kavitareader.com/docs/api (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:02.690359+00:00, sha 7f09b64c90fb)
  - site_page: https://wiki.kavitareader.com/kavita+ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:14:02.688542+00:00, sha 9f42ab7b14aa)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.