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KavitavsOpenELIS Global

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

KavitaOpenELIS Global
Score73/10054/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Comics#3 of 5 in Healthcare
GitHub stars11 968278
Stars, last 30 days+232+0
Stable releases, 12 months88
Latest releasev0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 20263.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0MPL-2.0
Main languageC#Java

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 54/100 for OpenELIS Global, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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