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 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! [](https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases) [](https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/blob/master/LICENSE) [](https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases) [](https://hub.docker.com/r/jvmilazz0/kavita) [](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=KareaditaKavita) [](https://sonarcloud.io/dashboard?id=KareaditaKavita) [](#backers) [](#sponsors) [](https://discord.gg/eczRp9eeem) [](https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/issues) If you want to try out Kavita, a demo is available: https://demo.kavitareader.com/ 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 Got a great idea? Throw it up on Discussions or vote on another idea. Many great features in Kavita are driven by our community. 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…
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- []() Kavita
- What Kavita Provides
- Support
- Demo
- Setup
- Feature Requests
- Notice
- Donate
- Kavita+
- Localization
- I don't have a Server
- Contributors
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What this repository does
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 facts
- Owner
- Kareadita
- Primary language
- C#
- Stars
- 11,988
- Forks
- 691
- Open issues + pull requests
- 169
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- develop
- Created
- 2020-12-12T22:23:54.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-11-01T09:58:40.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: annotations, cbz, comicinfo, comics, comics-reader, cross-platform, csharp, epub, epub-reader, free, linux, manga, media-server, metadata, opds, opds-feed, pdf, self-hosted, ubooquity, windows
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