Overview
Kavita is a fast, feature-rich reading server that organizes and serves manga, comics (CBR/CBZ), and ebooks (EPUB, PDF) with a clean web reader and OPDS support. It includes reading progress sync, user management, and email-based reading notifications. The project is actively developed with frequent releases.
Where it falls short of Plex
- Focused only on reading content; no video or audio support
- Mobile apps are third-party only via OPDS or Tachiyomi extension
- Metadata scraping relies on community-provided scrapers
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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