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

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Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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Post by mijoharas »

satish-setty wrote: post #4

UI with minimalism, open source and cross-platform (Win, Lin, Mac) -- what's not to like about it?! And a great name too. Kavita means poem or poetry in Sanskrit and pretty much all Indic languages. I'm sure others will point out the pros/cons vis-a-vis Calibre reader. But each serves a different niche. This one seems particularly geared towards comics. So cannot expect all the bells and whistles of Calibre.

> Kavita means poem or poetry in Sanskrit and pretty much all Indic languages.

Thanks for posting this. They don't seem to have that in their FAQs, and I find that's a very common thing. I often wonder about the naming of a project, and too often it's far too hard to find out. (In this case, it is simple enough to google "kavita meaning" and find out, but I feel like I find myself unable to find out for lots of projects)

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

necovek wrote: post #9
kubb wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you can only read while at home, unless I misunderstood something.

One can always set up a VPN into their home, or make their server public. It's not for the faint of heart, though.

I do have a 'public' homeserver for two years now, so far so good.

Lets see if this jinxes it!

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Post by majora2007 »

kubb wrote: post #7
gigglesupstairs wrote: post #2

Looks like a Plex for all kinds of books? Neat idea by the looks of it.

So you can only read while at home, unless I misunderstood something.

You should def setup a reverse proxy. Our wiki has examples for most of the popular ones: https://wiki.kavitareader.com/en/install/reverse-proxy

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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Post by majora2007 »

ThermalCube wrote: post #10

If you can download the files, why can't you upload as well?

Kavita is at the moment, aimed to be more like Plex. Theoretically you could upload files, but the main aim is exploring and consuming your content. Different people have very different schemes for where files should go.

One user does everything by genres, so /comics/romance/series, another does it by publisher and years. The problem with uploading is that there is no right answer. It's better to just inform Kavita that new files are on the disk and let the scan pick them up than try to build a complicated solution that is going to meet everyone's niche needs.

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Post by luke2m »

kubb wrote: post #7
gigglesupstairs wrote: post #2

Looks like a Plex for all kinds of books? Neat idea by the looks of it.

So you can only read while at home, unless I misunderstood something.

Boringproxy if you’re like me and don’t want to port forward or use a vpn.

Re: Kavita – Self-hosted digital library which supports a vast array of file formats

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Post by Sephiroth87 »

Looks nice, I've been rolling my own simple version of something similar because none of the existing solutions supported my main use case, which is to convert format on the fly for the target device (a la Plex)

In case you need ideas for future features :)

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