Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/TomerHorowitz on 2025-01-11 12:10:32+00:00.

I want a full end to end Books/Manga/Comics local library, help me out understand which service will do what.

For each category (Books/Manga/Comics), what do we use for:

1. Downloading
2. Filling Metadata
3. Reading

I currently have:

1. Downloading:
   • Readarr: Books
   • Kaizoku: Manga
   • Mylarr: Comics
2. Metadata:
   • Readarr: Books (shitty)
3. Reading:
   • Kavita: All

I know about stuff like Komf/Calibre, but I never used them, and I'm not sure if they answer what I'm looking for, which is to have all the services on the server, and only a reader on the client side.

I.E. I'm looking for the most basic flow of:

1. Searching a Book/Manga/Comic by name, and clicking "download".
   1. The Book/Manga/Comic will be downloaded by the server.
   2. Metadata will be automatically filled by the server.
2. Opening my reader application, which I can download on any new device, and just have everything I need to start reading.

To sum things up: No metadata/services on the client side.

So... what do we use?