Kavita

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Open source

manga

reader

Fiscal Host: Open Source Collective

Lighting 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.

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thefirst

$1,300 USD since Jan 2022

Caleb Blankenbaker

$410 USD since Jan 2023

Guest

$270 USD since Feb 2024

Ryan Gordon

$250 USD since Jun 2022

SLaSZT

$225 USD since Jul 2022

David Spitzer

$200 USD since Nov 2024

Joseph Milazzo

$188.06 USD since Jun 2021

Jonathan F

$150 USD since Jan 2022

pkmndan

$150 USD since May 2022

Alex

$150 USD since Oct 2025

kateyene

$100 USD since Dec 2021

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Max Puissance

$100 USD since Jul 2022

Lucifer

$100 USD since Jan 2023

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$74 USD since Sep 2025

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Peakford Ltd

$1,444.94 USD since Apr 2023

Panels

$1,350 USD since Dec 2021

Freshly Baked Cake

$50 USD since Oct 2025

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Joseph Milazzo

Admin

$188 USD

Thank you for all the donations. They really he...

Peakford Ltd

$1,445 USD

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$410 USD

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sponsor

$270 USD

Ryan Gordon

$250 USD

SLaSZT

sponsor

$225 USD

David Spitzer

$200 USD

Jonathan F

$150 USD

pkmndan

$150 USD

Alex

$150 USD

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Monthly financial contribution to MangaBaka

Debit from Kavita to MangaBaka • May 2, 2026

-$15.00USD

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Monthly financial contribution to Kavita (sponsor)

Credit from LegendaryLass to Kavita • May 2, 2026

+$10.00USD

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Monthly financial contribution to Metron Comic Book Datab...

Debit from Kavita to Metron Comic Book Database • May 1, 2026

-$2.00USD

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Contribution #813683

Today’s balance

$5,529.42 USD

Total raised

$7,304.33 USD

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$1,774.91 USD

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$2,232.34 USD

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News from Kavita

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v0.9.0 - Reading List Overhaul and Spring Cleaning

It seems almost like a hard rule that the 2nd release of the year is always a spring cleaning release and this time, we've really put the new knowledge we've built up back into Kavita to clean up old systems, rebuild foundations, and then d...

Published on April 30, 2026 by Joseph Milazzo

v0.8.9.1 Hotfix

We decided to issue a small hotfix, with minor fixes and some enhancements on a new endpoint related to Auth Keys, to ensure it's easy from the get-go for external app creators. Changed · Changed: The image reader will now always send a pro...

Published on January 20, 2026 by Joseph Milazzo

v0.8.9 - New Stats pages, Journal Style reading, 50x Faster Scanner, and so much more!

Happy New Year! Every year, I hope to have a release at the end of December or the Start of January, but it never seems to happen; the scope of Kavita releases have just become too large. This release of Kavita is quite expansive and comple...

Published on January 14, 2026 by Joseph Milazzo

About

Kavita was started to bring a feature rich, self-hosted, and free reading software to readers. Originally set to be built for Manga, it quickly evolved to supporting comics, books, and webtoons with the end goal of being the Plex of reading.

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Joseph Milazzo

Admin

Thank you for all the donations. They really he...