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Jellyfin-Auto-CollectionsvsKavita

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

Jellyfin-Auto-CollectionsKavita
Score46/10073/100
Rank in category#78 of 118 in Media Server#1 of 14 in Comics
GitHub stars28611 965
Stars, last 30 days—+237
Stable releases, 12 months08
Latest release—v0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026
SetupModerateEasy
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonC#

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 46/100 for Jellyfin-Auto-Collections, so it is the safer default.

Kavita ships more often: 8 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Jellyfin-Auto-Collections.

If you want the quickest setup, Kavita is easier to run; Jellyfin-Auto-Collections needs more configuration.

Kavita is growing faster right now (+237 stars in 30 days).

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