A new stable release is here with three major improvements and numerous smaller changes. Let's dive into the highlights:

Built-in Theme Explorer

Users can now browse, preview, and download themes directly within Kavita. Uploaded themes will update automatically.

Smart Collections for Kavita+

Users can import Interest Stacks/Restacks from their MAL accounts into Kavita, syncing every two days. These collections are read-only but can be promoted if the user has the promotion role.

Scanner Changes

Optimizations have been made to improve scanning performance for larger libraries, reducing the processing time significantly.

Misc Changes

• WAL Enabled by Default: Fixes common database lock issues.
• Double Scrollbar on Mobile: Fixed on all pages.
• OPDS Improvements: Enhanced metadata and reading list support.
• Manga Reader Tweaks: Improved fit-to-height/width functionality.

New Features

• Smart Collections: Sync with MAL every 2 days.
• Theme Downloads: Direct from the Theme Repo, with automatic updates.
• Book Series Specials: Classified with specific filename markers.
• OPDS-PS: Convert PDF files to images.
• Random Sort Option: New sorting method for streams.
• Manual Width Override: For manga/webtoon reader.

Changes

• Password Reset: Works without email setup.
• Reduced Memory Usage: When adding series to a collection.
• Manga Reader Scaling: Improved to meet user expectations.
• Search Improvements: Faster for larger libraries by default.
• Scanner Optimizations: Less work on lower-level folders.
• Updated Cover Generation: Better handling for webtoons.

Fixes

• Hangfire Access: Corrected unauthorized access.
• Theme Deletion: Admins can no longer delete themes in use.
• Manga Reader Double Setting: Fixed cover and last page positioning.
• Series Parsing: Improved handling of special cases.
• Double Scrollbar: Fixed in various components.
• Metadata Access: Corrected access issues for restricted libraries.
• Event Widget: Enhanced responsiveness and localization.

@DieselTech has joined the Kavita team, contributing significant improvements for comic users.

Looking Ahead

Plans for the next release include a PDF rework, considering user feedback and holiday schedules.

Enjoy the new features and improvements, and please provide feedback for further enhancements.

Release v0.7.10 Patch Notes

New Feature

• Next Estimated Chapter: This release introduces a new feature called "Next Estimated Chapter." It calculates the estimated release date for the next chapter or volume in a series, based on underlying volumes and chapters in a series. It takes into account acquisition methods and series status, providing estimated dates for your reading pleasure.

Changes

• DB Connection Tweaks: Tweaked the pooling for DB connections to reduce database contention issues.
• Improved UI: Various UI improvements, including changes in email service testing, updated email format checks, and more.
• Better Epub Mapping: Epub marc:relators now map illustrator to Inker instead of Letterer.
• Series Scrobbling: In Kavita+, series that are already completed in AniList won't update to "in progress" in Kavita+.

Bug Fixes

• Various Fixes: A myriad of bug fixes, including issues related to series completion, sorting, email links, dark mode in the PDF reader, smart filters, and more.
• Authentication: Improved authentication behavior in the UI.
• Reader Preferences: Fixed an issue where some users experienced missing locales when saving reader preferences.

Removed

• Migrations Removed: Several migrations from v0.7.2 through v0.7.6 have been removed.

Please note that this release is primarily focused on bug fixes and improvements. Stay tuned for more bug fixes in v0.7.11.

Komga and Kavita Metadata Fetcher is a tool that fetches metadata and thumbnails for your digital comic book library. It can automatically pick up added series and update their metadata and thumbnail. You can also manually search and identify series, or match the entire library or a series. Additionally, you can install the Komf userscript to add Komf integration directly to Komga and Kavita UI, allowing you to launch manual or automatic metadata identification.

It has a userscript to be integrated into the kavita UI https://github.com/Snd-R/komf-userscript

Kavita v0.7.8 Changelog Summary

Major Updates:

• New Filtering System: Kavita introduces a revamped filtering system, allowing users to create unique filters and combine statements. The system is designed to be flexible and expandable.
• OPDS Improvements: Enhancements to the OPDS implementations have been made, including better series descriptions and new feeds for "want to read". Kavita is also working on adding OPDS2 support.
• Localization Progress: Kavita is now fully translated into Korean, Chinese (Simplified), and almost entirely in Italian. Many other languages have over 80% of their strings translated.

Added Features:

• Click on a character tag from the Reading list to open a pre-filtered search.
• New sections in OPDS feeds for "Want to Read" series.
• Admins can change the cover image size with multiple size options.
• User day breakdown stat graph on user stats page.
• Filters by Path, filepath, and Series Summary.
• New filter comparison: "Must Contains".
• Ability to delete single collections from card actions.

Changes:

• Revamped metadata filtering for custom combinations.
• OPDS Series names no longer show format in the name, but in the summary.
• Various performance improvements and optimizations.
• Updated transloco library for better compatibility with older iOS browsers.
• New languages added for localization.

Fixes:

• Multiple fixes related to OPDS Feeds.
• Improved localization key fixes.
• Fixed lag on the reading list page.
• Resolved potential bugs related to series naming for epubs.
• Fixed issues with epub reader backgrounds and highlighting.
• Made Kavita and the entrypoint script executable for the docker container.

API Changes:

• Several APIs now have a v2 version, with the original being deprecated.

Known Issues:

• Server Stats tab requires browser refresh after selection.

Hi to any new subscribers :)

Kaizoku is a nice self-hosted application that runs mangal in the backend to download Mangas from multiple sources. It can set up reoccurring tasks to check for running mangas and download new episodes automatically.

It has a Kavita integration where it can tell kavita that there is a new manga in the library and it should rescan and get it's metadata.

It works really fast and works with the most common Manga sources online.

A reader bug slipped through release testing, so here's a hotfix for everyone.

The full release can be found here.

Changed

• Changed: When deleting a library, give the library name in the prompt
• Changed: Directory Picker will now sort libraries as some OSes don't return paths sorted

Fixed

• Fixed: Fixed an issue with fit to width on mobile from last release
• Fixed: Fixed an issue where creating a new library, advanced settings wouldn't persist
• Fixed: Fixed an issue where kbd tags with paper theme would render incorrectly
• Fixed: Fixed an issue where wrong cover could be chosen for series in an edge case setup
• Fixed: Fixed an issue where typing in the autocomplete for directory picker would throw errors