Komga

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Komga is a self-hosted comics, manga, and graphic novel server — host your CBZ/CBR/PDF/EPUB libraries, browse in-browser, read with smart pagination, expose OPDS for mobile readers. Built by a single dedicated maintainer with one of the best library scanners in the self-hosted media space.

For manga and comics collectors who want a dedicated home for their library outside Plex's video-centric world.

What it's for

  • Comics + manga library — CBZ, CBR, ZIP, RAR, PDF, EPUB
  • In-browser reading — page-by-page, double-page, fit-to-width
  • Series organization — auto-detect series + volumes + chapters
  • Multi-user — per-account reading progress
  • OPDS — Tachiyomi (Mihon), Paperback, Cantook mobile apps

Who it's for

  • Manga / comics collectors with terabyte-scale CBZ libraries
  • Self-hosted media enthusiasts complementing Audiobookshelf/Komga/Kavita stacks
  • Family / household sharing manga across multiple readers
  • Translators / scanlators hosting their own private archives
  • Hosting providers offering media-server bundles

Why teams pick Komga over alternatives

  • MIT licensed — fully open
  • Best scanner in class — fast metadata + series detection
  • Mobile app ecosystem — Tachiyomi/Mihon OPDS support is excellent
  • Active maintainer — gotson, single-developer but consistent
  • No transcoding — comics are images; no CPU-heavy processing
  • Multi-library — separate libraries per series type (manga / comics / graphic novels)

Integrations

  • OPDS v1.2 + v2 — broad mobile reader support
  • Tachiyomi / Mihon — direct extension, the canonical pairing
  • Paperback (iOS) — OPDS-based reading
  • ComicInfo.xml — embedded metadata read on scan
  • Metadata providers — manual import + ComicVine for enrichment
  • Reverse proxy — works cleanly behind nginx/traefik with TLS

Notable users & community

  • 4.5k+ GitHub stars
  • Standard in self-hosted manga/comics stacks
  • Used by translation groups and private library curators
  • Active Discord
  • Companion app KomgaTracker for stats

Tips & operations

  • Library structure matters/data/Series Name/Volume 01.cbz works best
  • ComicInfo.xml > filename — embed metadata in archives for best results
  • Periodic rescan — schedule daily scans for new uploads
  • Read progress sync — Tachiyomi syncs back via Komga extension
  • Storage scaling — manga libraries are TBs; plan disk + backups
  • PUID/PGID — bind-mount with host UID matching

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker: Komga server
  • Pinned gotson/komga:latest
  • Port 25600 (HTTP), reverse-proxy ready
  • Persistent volumes for config + data (your library)
  • PUID/PGID 1000 default
  • Install report with first-user + OPDS pairing guide
  • Backup hook covers config (library files opt-in due to size)
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