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Is anyone selfhosting kavita? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by elfio@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm giving it a try after failing to set something simple for a book collection (mostly epub). Interested in knowing other people take on this tool.

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[–] ielisa@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Its almost great, but the shortcomings / awful design decisions are deal breakers for me.

It's required folder structure is not compatible with calibre's required folder structure. Kavita will drop books on the floor while importing a series with multiple authors from your calibre library. They dont see this as an issue and claim there is other software to edit epub metadata (there isnt, really). Editing metadata on Kavita itself wont be reflected into your epubs when you send them to a device.

By default Kavita bounces all emails through the project owners gmail account & web server. This is... an insane decison and I have no clue how they think its a good idea. You can self host their email server yourself, but its yet another thing to setup and run.

Calibre-web is ok, but the owner is MIA for ages as far as i can tell. One person does seem to have commit access that is somewhat active, but good PRs have been open languishing for months and month at this point.

[–] elfio@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I think this comment summarizes the situation for me. I didn't know about calibre-web development being stopped, but the specific folder structure is a deal breaker for me. I think I'll stick to calibre-web for the time being.

Thank you and all the other people who commented in the thread :)

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I use it on my laptop and android devices. I read magazines with it, so pdf. ^I'm old, okay?

It works great, but I haven't tried a single epub..

[–] SLaSZT@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Yep, I love it. I use it for comics, manga, and epubs. It also connects to Tachiyomi and FBReader so I can read stuff on my tablet through the apps I prefer (though I've heard the built-in reader is good). The dev, Joe, is great too.

[–] clavismil@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes I use it a lot to read manga and some books. Works perfectly. On Android you can connect with CDisplayEX.