Kareadita/Kavita

• Serve up Manga/Webtoons/Comics (cbr, cbz, zip/rar/rar5, 7zip, raw images) and Books (epub, pdf)
• First class responsive readers that work great on any device (phone, tablet, desktop)
• Customizable theming support: Theme Repo and Documentation
• Ability to download metadata, reviews, ratings, recommendations, and more (scrobbling, smart collections, ...) (available via Kavita+)
• Rich Metadata support with filtering, searching, and smart filters
• Ways to group reading material: Collections, Reading Lists (CBL Import), Want to Read
• Ability to manage users with rich Role-based management for age restrictions, abilities within the app, OIDC, etc
• Rich web readers supporting webtoon, continuous reading mode (continue without leaving the reader), virtual pages (epub), etc
• Ability to customize your dashboard and side nav with smart filters, custom order and visibility toggles
• Full Localization Support (Weblate)
• Epub-based Annotation/Highlight support

If you want to try out Kavita, a demo is available: https://demo.kavitareader.com/

Username: demouser
Password: Demouser64

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 restart. The Kavita team strives to avoid any data loss.

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. Kavita+ is also an option which provides funding and a benefit.

Kavita+ is a paid subscription that offers premium (internet-facing) features that otherwise wouldn't be feasible to include in Kavita. It is run and operated by majora2007, the creator and primary developer of Kavita.

If you are interested, you can use the promo code FIRSTTIME for your initial signup for 2$ off the first payment. Get some sweet features, while supporting majora2007's goal to go full time on Kavita development.

If you already contribute via OpenCollective, please reach out to majora2007 for a provisioned license.

Thank you to Weblate who hosts our localization infrastructure pro bono. If you want to see Kavita in your language, please help us localize. Drop by the discord and sign up for the Translator role.

If you want to take a stab at self-hosting, but don't have a PC, you can use either Zenith or PikaPods. Both these companies offer a simple interface to self-hosting and contribute back to Kavita via OpenCollective.

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute and upstream library maintainers. Contribute.

Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 Become a backer

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