# exo vs Kavita

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

| | exo | Kavita |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 77/100 ✓ | 73/100 |
| Rank in category | #5 of 25 in LLM Inference | #1 of 14 in Comics |
| GitHub stars | 48 072 ✓ | 11 965 |
| Stars, last 30 days | +449 ✓ | +237 |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 7 | 8 ✓ |
| Latest release | v1.0.71 · 23 Apr 2026 | v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026 ✓ |
| Setup | Easy | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Python | C# |

## Which one should you pick?

exo scores 77/100 against 73/100 for Kavita, so it is the safer default.

Kavita ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 7 for exo.

## Details

- [exo](https://selfhost.directory/project/exo) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/exo.md)
- [Kavita](https://selfhost.directory/project/kavita) (markdown: https://selfhost.directory/project/kavita.md)

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/exo-vs-kavita