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

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Post by thunderbong » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 8:06 AM UTC

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

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Post by gigglesupstairs » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 8:41 AM UTC

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

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Post by reacharavindh » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 8:54 AM UTC

Looks neat. I would love for such a tool that also has full text search on the books. I tried searching for “JSON” which is indeed in one of the books in the library and it did not find that book.

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Post by satish-setty » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 8:54 AM UTC

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.

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Post by nikprasad » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 9:22 AM UTC

Sorry guys, but I genuinely don't understand what's the point of this. Is it an e-reader like the kindle reader for browser?

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Post by thunderbong » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 9:24 AM UTC

Comparison with similar software -

https://wiki.kavitareader.com/en/faq/compare-to-competition

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Post by kubb » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 9:51 AM UTC

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.

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Post by necovek » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 9:54 AM UTC

nikprasad wrote: post #5

Sorry guys, but I genuinely don't understand what's the point of this. Is it an e-reader like the kindle reader for browser?

It's a web server software to serve your e-book and e-comic collection.

It shows the catalogue of your titles and allows reading inline (in the browser) as well.

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Post by necovek » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 9:55 AM UTC

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.

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

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Post by ThermalCube » Mon, Nov 29, 2021, 9:55 AM UTC

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