# home-screens vs Kavita

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

| | home-screens | Kavita |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 50/100 | 73/100 ✓ |
| Rank in category | #63 of 104 in Home Automation | #1 of 14 in Comics |
| GitHub stars | 96 | 11 969 ✓ |
| Stars, last 30 days | +27 | +233 ✓ |
| Stable releases, 12 months | 9 ✓ | 8 |
| Latest release | v1.14.0 · 25 Oct 2026 ✓ | v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026 |
| Setup | Moderate | Easy ✓ |
| Official Docker image | No | Yes ✓ |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Main language | Typescript | C# |

## Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 50/100 for home-screens, so it is the safer default.

home-screens ships more often: 9 stable releases in the past year, against 8 for Kavita.

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

Kavita is growing faster right now (+233 stars in 30 days).

## Details

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

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Source: https://selfhost.directory/compare/home-screens-vs-kavita