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Kavitavssandboxed.sh

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

Kavitasandboxed.sh
Score73/10050/100
Rank in category#1 of 14 in Comics#97 of 209 in AI Agents
GitHub stars11 969677
Stars, last 30 days+233+5
Stable releases, 12 months89
Latest releasev0.9.1.4 · 2 Sept 2026android-v1.21.1 · 29 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseGPL-3.0—
Main languageC#Rust

Which one should you pick?

Kavita scores 73/100 against 50/100 for sandboxed.sh, so it is the safer default.

sandboxed.sh 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; sandboxed.sh needs more configuration.

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

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