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automatic-ripping-machinevsKavita

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

automatic-ripping-machineKavita
Score67/10073/100
Rank in category#10 of 142 in Media Management#1 of 14 in Comics
GitHub stars5 39111 969
Stars, last 30 days+147+233
Stable releases, 12 months168
Latest release2.24.4 · 3 Oct 2026v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC#

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 67/100 for automatic-ripping-machine, so it is the safer default.

automatic-ripping-machine ships more often: 16 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Kavita.

If you want the quickest setup, Kavita is easier to run; automatic-ripping-machine needs more configuration.

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