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.cbzworks 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)
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |