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fosscordvsKavita

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

fosscordKavita
Score62/10073/100
Rank in category#17 of 110 in Chat#1 of 14 in Comics
GitHub stars6 72011 968
Stars, last 30 days+9+232
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupAdvancedEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0GPL-3.0
Main language—C#

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 62/100 for fosscord, so it is the safer default.

Kavita ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for fosscord.

If you want the quickest setup, Kavita is easier to run; fosscord needs more configuration.

Kavita is growing faster right now (+232 stars in 30 days).

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