Kavita – self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

Introduction

Kavita is supported natively on Windows

1Install Kavita

Download the Windows Installer with the following link, extract the Kavita directory and execute Kavita.exe

Download Windows Installer

2View Kavita

Browse to http://localhost:5000 to start using Kavita.

Introduction

1Install Kavita

Download the linux archive with the following link, chmod +x ./Kavita and execute it.

Download Linux Installer

2View Kavita

Browse to http://localhost:5000 to start using Kavita.

Please contact us if you wish to port Kavita for any other distribution that the ones already listed.

Generic .tar.gz downloads are available for linux, but dependencies, installation and permissions will need to be done manually.

Introduction

The easiest way to install Kavita on macOS is to use the App archive with the steps described below.

1Download App package

Download macOS App

2Install App

Open the archive and unzip to a folder

Kavita v0.8+ is not compatible with OSX versions < 10.13 due to netcore compatability.

3Start Kavita

Open Kavita.app in your folder.

4View Kavita

Browse to http://localhost:5000 to start using Kavita.

Introduction

The Kavita team has their own docker images, actively maintained.

There are currently 2 tags:

• :nightly which is the bleeding edge builds. Best to use if you are in the discord to actively test
• :latest which is the latest stable build

1Install Kavita

To install and use the Docker image, run the following command:

docker run --name kavita -p 5000:5000 \
    -v /your/manga/directory:/manga \
    -v /kavita/data/directory:/kavita/config \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    -d kizaing/kavita:latest

Alternatively you can use docker-compose file:

version: '3.9'
    services:
        kavita:
            image: kizaing/kavita:latest
            volumes:
                - ./manga:/manga
                - ./data:/kavita/config
            ports:
                - "5000:5000"
            restart: unless-stopped

Please contact us if you wish to port Kavita for any other platform that the ones already listed.
We prefer to coordinate the port, please reach out on Github or Discord.

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