Kapowarr
Build and manage a comic book library. Download, rename, move and convert issues of the volume to your liking.
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Still maintained? Yes: 92 commits in the last 90 days, latest release V1.3.2 (Sep 2026).
Comparisons in Document Management - E-books: Goodreads alternatives, Kindle alternatives, Audible alternatives.
At a glance
Kapowarr quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,105
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- V1.3.2, Sep 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Kapowarr is a software to build and manage a comic book library, fitting in the *arr suite of software."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Kapowarr scores 92/100, #5 of 16 in Document Management - E-books: 92 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (V1.3.2, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,105 stars add 12.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 7.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
92 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
V1.3.2 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.2 / 20
1.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 92
- Last 90 days
- 220
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 16 tools in Document Management - E-books by health , between Komga (#4) and Calibre (#6) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python |
| Latest release | V1.3.2 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 1,105 |
| Open issues | 33 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Casvt/Kapowarr ↗ |
Kapowarr vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Kapowarr (Document Management - E-books), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavita | 96 | 12k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Kapowarr (this tool) | 92 | 1.1k | GPL-3.0 | 3 days ago |
| Calibre | 88 | 26k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| BookLogr | 87 | 637 | Apache-2.0 | 18 days ago |
| Calibre Web | 87 | 18k | GPL-3.0 | 20 days ago |
| Bindery | 85 | 65 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Kapowarr: common questions
Is Kapowarr still maintained?
Kapowarr had 92 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, V1.3.2, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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