Kavita, meaning Stories, is a lightweight manga server. The goal is to replace Ubooquity with an open source variant that is flexible and packs more punch, without sacrificing ease to use. Think: Plex but for Manga.

Goals:

Serve up Manga (cbr, cbz, zip/rar, raw images) and Books (epub, mobi, azw, djvu, pdf)
Provide Reader for Manga and Books (Light Novels) via web app that is responsive
Provide customization themes (server installed) for web app
Provide hooks into metadata providers to fetch Manga data
Metadata should allow for collections, want to read integration from 3rd party services, genres.
Ability to manage users, access, and ratings

How to Deploy

Run build.sh and pass the Runtime Identifier for your OS or just build.sh for all supported RIDs.

How to install

Unzip the archive for your target OS
Place in a directory that is writable. If on windows, do not place in Program Files
Open appsettings.json and modify TokenKey to a random string ideally generated from https://passwordsgenerator.net/
Run Kavita

Description

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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Readme GPL-3.0 223 MiB

Languages

C# 61.1%

TypeScript 24.2%

HTML 12%

SCSS 2.4%

Shell 0.1%