Kavita
Cross-platform e-book/manga/comic/pdf server and web reader with user management, ratings and reviews, and metadata support.
Active Last commit · 8 releases in the past year · 390 commits in the past 12 months
At a glance
- GitHub stars
- 12.1k
- Last commit
- 2026-11-09
- Latest release
- v0.9.1.4
2026-09-02 - Commits (12 mo)
- 390
- Releases (12 mo)
- 8
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Language / platform
- .NET, Docker
Maintenance health: Active
Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 8 releases in the past year · 390 commits in the past 12 months.
How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).
Run Kavita yourself
- RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
- Docker: yes
Estimated monthly server cost
| Provider | Plan size | ~ USD / month | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
| Akamai (Linode) | 1 GB | $5 | Deploy → |
| DigitalOcean | 1 GB | $6 | Deploy → |
Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.
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