Komga vs Paperless-ngx
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted e-books & media library options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Komga with
choose an app… Free Programming Books KOReader Koodo Reader Calibre Readest Ebook2audiobook Calibre-Web DeDRM Tools Kavita Ladder Wikidpad Notes Suwayomi-Server OPDS-PSE Reader Hub Sigil Open Library Calibre-Web Automated Libation PDF Arranger pdf2htmlEX Librum Papra 13ft Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader Readarr LANraragi Stump Mango Plato Whisparr Audiobook Storyteller Mylar3 ttu Ebook Reader ComicTagger Audiobookshelf-tools Tranga Manga-Tagger Kthoom COPS
Compare Paperless-ngx with
choose an app… Free Programming Books AppFlowy Joplin Jellyfin SiYuan qBittorrent Trilium Notes Khoj SRS KOReader Koodo Reader Calibre Notable Readest Navidrome Kodi Obsidian Ebook2audiobook Calibre-Web Koel Jackett Beets DeDRM Tools PeerTube Transmission Sonarr Notesnook MeTube VNote Kavita Laverna Ladder Wikidpad Notes Reor nb Notes Suwayomi-Server OPDS-PSE Reader Hub Sigil Open Library Calibre-Web Automated Libation Markor Sync QOwnNotes PDF Arranger pdf2htmlEX Librum TagSpaces Papra 13ft Mindforger Web CherryTree Calibre-Web Automated Book Downloader Readarr Archivy Flatnotes LANraragi Dnote Thorium Reader BookWyrm Stump Teedy OpenBooks Docspell Mango Plato Standard Ebooks Tools Whisparr Audiobook Storyteller Mylar3 Kapowarr ttu Ebook Reader mangadex-downloader Librivox Mirror Zimit ComicTagger Audiobookshelf-tools Komf kobodl BookLogr Koha Suwayomi manga-py Papermerge Upvote RSS Buchhaltung Books BicBucStriim Tranga Tinyfeed EpubPress KOHighlights PDFKeeper Booksonic-Air ProsePub Manga-Tagger Atsumeru Evergreen Kthoom COPS dir2opds RERO ILS MangAdventure MyMangaDB Readflow Inkheart Petrolette Ubooquity Vore
Feature Komga Paperless-ngx Category E-books & Media Library E-books & Media Library License MIT GPL-3.0 Language Kotlin Python Setup difficulty Easy Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 2,048 MB Deployment docker docker, bare-metal GitHub stars ★ 6,532 ★ 44,077 First released 2019 2022 Replaces ComiXology, Kindle Evernote, DEVONthink
Why pick each one
Choose Komga if… Excellent for comics Good metadata handling OPDS for apps Komga details
Frequently asked questions Is Komga or Paperless-ngx better? Neither is universally better. Paperless-ngx has the larger community, while Komga is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.
Are Komga and Paperless-ngx free and open-source? Yes. Komga is licensed under MIT and Paperless-ngx under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Komga and Paperless-ngx with Docker? Komga: yes. Paperless-ngx: yes.