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.

Description

- Serve up Manga/Webtoons/Comics (cbr, cbz, zip/rar, 7zip, raw images) and Books (epub, pdf) - First class responsive readers that work great on any device (phone, tablet, desktop) - Dark and Light themes - Ability to manage users, access, and ratings - Fully Accessible with active accessibility audits - Dedicated webtoon reading mode - OPDS, OPDS-PS, and Open Search support

Programming language: C#

License: GNU General Public License v3.0 only

Tags: E-books And Integrated Library Systems     Calibre     Personal E-book Management Software.     Comics     Manga     Pdf    

README

Kavita

Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with a focus for manga, and 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!

Goals

• [x] Serve up Manga/Webtoons/Comics (cbr, cbz, zip/rar, 7zip, raw images) and Books (epub, pdf)
• [x] First class responsive readers that work great on any device (phone, tablet, desktop)
• [x] Dark mode and customizable theming support
• [ ] Provide a plugin system to allow external metadata integration and scrobbling for read status, ratings, and reviews
• [x] Metadata should allow for collections, want to read integration from 3rd party services, genres.
• [x] Ability to manage users, access, and ratings
• [x] Fully Accessible with active accessibility audits
• [x] Dedicated webtoon reading mode
• [ ] Full localization support
• [ ] And so much more...

Support

Demo

If you want to try out Kavita, we have a demo up: 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/en/install

Note: Kavita is under heavy development and is being updated all the time, so the tag for current builds is :nightly. The :latest tag will be the latest stable release.

Feature Requests

Got a great idea? Throw it up on our Feature Request site or vote on another idea. Please check the Project Board first for a list of planned features before you submit an idea.

Notice

Kavita is being actively developed and should be considered beta software until the 1.0 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.

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [Contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md).

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.

Backers

Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 Become a backer

Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. Become a sponsor

Mega Sponsors

JetBrains

Thank you to JetBrains for providing us with free licenses to their great tools.

• Rider
• dotTrace

Palace-Designs

We would like to extend a big thank you to who hosts our infrastructure pro-bono.

Huntr

We would like to extend a big thank you to Huntr who has worked with Kavita in reporting security vulnerabilities. If you are interested in being paid to help secure Kavita, please give them a try.

License

• GNU GPL v3
• Copyright 2020-2022