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I had a look at BookOrbit not long ago. Love the fact that it is able to manage all book types (manga, comics, ebooks). Perfect for me and have been struggling to find a good tool that does all of them without being stupid heavy in resources. Once I looked at the repo, source, PRs etc. I noticed how heavy AI use is. This feels purely vibecoded without much for understanding what is actually being delivered. So ended up not using.

Why not use Kavita then? It uses even less resources, it's mature (nearly 5 years old) and supports manga/comics/ebooks with a rich ecosystem of apps (esp with AI now, lots of users are creating mobile apps to connect).

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