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dockhandvsKavita

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

dockhandKavita
Score73/10073/100
Rank in category#4 of 44 in Container Management#1 of 14 in Comics
GitHub stars6 92511 969
Stars, last 30 days+504+233
Stable releases, 12 months318
Latest releasev1.0.55 · 23 Oct 2026v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupEasyEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherGPL-3.0
Main languageTypescriptC#

Which one should you pick?

dockhand and Kavita score the same (73/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

dockhand ships more often: 31 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Kavita.

dockhand is growing faster right now (+504 stars in 30 days).

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