¶ Intro
Kavita Lightning fast with a slick design, Kavita is a rocket fueled self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats. Install to start reading and share your server with your friends.
¶ Availability
Please check our application chart to see which GigaDrive Plans are eligible to install this application.
¶ Features
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Homepage : Customize what’s on your dashboard, bind smart filters, and reorder streams to get the layout you like
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Browse your Manga, Comics and Books : Infinitely scroll through all your media in one place with quick access via the Jumpbar
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Search : Full Text search to find files, bookmarks, reading lists, people, genres, series, etc
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Metadata & Advanced Filtering : And/Or multiple filters for different metadata or features from Kavita to find exactly what you’re looking for. Save that filter and bind it to your Side Nav or Dashboard.
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Ratings and Reviews : Built-in ratings and reviews per Series, users can share their reviews within the Server. External Ratings and Reviews possible with Kavita+
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Mixed Volume and Chapters : Chapters and volumes integrated next to each other, Chapters can group into Volumes based on filename
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User & Library Management from anywhere : Rich User-based roles, authentication and library management right from the app
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Built-in Image Reader : A responsive manga reader with impressive caching, never feel loading times when reading again. Supports webtoon and double page reading modes
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Built-in Epub and PDF readers : Customize your reading experience by controlling font, spacing, margin, color theme, and taping on edges of screen to navigate pages. Supports column and dual column mode with by-line progress resume mechanism
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Server and User Stats : See interesting stats for your whole server or you as an individual
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Kavita+ Premium Features : Unlock External Reviews, Recommendations, Ratings, Scrobbling Support, External Metadata Downloading, and more for your whole server with a Kavita+ Subscription (optional)
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Extensive File support
- Manga/Comics: ZIP, RAR, RAR5, CBR, CBZ, CB7, CBT, TAR.GZ, 7ZIP/7Z
- Books: EPUB2, EPUB3, PDF
- Raw Images: JPG/JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, AVIF
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Manga/Comic Reader
- Image Scaling to fit your device screen or override for what feels best to you
- Image Splitting for those joined page spreads, don’t scroll on your tablet, just split
- Fullscreen Mode
- Dual page reader mode with optional shadow to emulate reading a book
- Reading Direction: Left/Right, Up/Down
- Webtoon reader (scrolling) built in
- Read across archives without closing the reader
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Book Reader
- Interactive reader - can interact with text, run javascript and streams pages to the UI
- Dark mode persists between page load
- Immersive mode, just you and the words
- Fullscreen Mode
- No scroll mode with virtual pages
- Dark, Black or White themes to enjoy on OLED and e-Ink devices
- Customize your reading experience with custom Font, Font Size, Margin, Reading Direction, Theme, etc
- Table of Content just a click away
- Remember line position and resume where you left off, no matter the device
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PDF Reader
- Dedicated PDF reader to give you the best experience for your PDFs
- Offers light/dark mode and many customization options
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User Management and Sharing
- Create users and share your libraries with them
- Grant users permissions to view libraries or see different mixed-media collections
- Built-in ratings and review for each of your users
- Age restriction for user accounts
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Cross Platform with no dependencies - Everything in the box
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Responsive and Fast! Built-in readers that fit to your device or use OPDS and interact with your favorite reader
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Full text search to quickly find what you want to read
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Group and Organize your files with collections, reading lists, series relationships, want to read lists, and more
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Mixed media Libraries - Light Novels and Manga can be right next to each other
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Fast and efficient library scans. Don’t perform I/O if the underlying file hasn’t changed.
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Full metadata support and filtering ability
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Send to Kindle or any email supported device for any user
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Built-in Child accounts - limit age ratings and libraries accounts have access to
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Folder watching capabilities - get changes without kicking off manual scans
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Rich documentation
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Full Localization support
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Built-in Theme downloading and updating
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External Metadata downloading with Kavita+
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Frequent updates with new features
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Available on many devices and platforms including Paperback, Mihon (Tachiyomi Fork) and CDisplayEx
¶ Installing Kavita
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
kavita. - Click icon to open the installation window and tap Install to start the installation process.
- Once the installation is complete, click icon to open the Access Info page. Then click Go To Application to access
kavita.