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ChronoFramevsKavita

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

ChronoFrameKavita
Score63/10073/100
Rank in category#8 of 41 in Photo Management#1 of 14 in Comics
GitHub stars1 96411 964
Stars, last 30 days+32+236
Stable releases, 12 months38
Latest releasev1.0.2 · 21 Oct 2026v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptC#

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 63/100 for ChronoFrame, so it is the safer default.

Kavita ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 3 for ChronoFrame.

Kavita is growing faster right now (+236 stars in 30 days).

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