Step 1

Go to https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/latest and scroll down until you see the ‘assets’ section where there’s a list of files that you can download

Step 2

Unzip the archive to a temporary directory with the command tar -xzf kavita-linux-{arch}.tar.gz

After extracting the archive to a temporary folder, remove the ‘config’ folder in said temporary folder.

Step 3

Stop the Kavita program/service from running.

Step 4

Move all the files from your temporary directory over your Kavita install directory.

Step 5

Restart your kavita service.

Step 1

Go to https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/latest and scroll down until you see the ‘assets’ section where there’s a list of files that you can download. The file you want is “kavita-osx-x64.tar.gz”.

Step 2

Unpack Kavita to your temp folder of choice. For example, in Terminal:

cd ~
mv ~/Downloads/kavita-osx-x64.tar.gz ~
tar -xf kavita-osx-x64.tar.gz

Step 3

Remove the config folder from your newly downloaded folder

Step 4

Copy the temp files over top of the already existing files in your Kavita folder. Say ‘Yes’ to overwriting.

Step 5

Start Kavita in Terminal. You need to launch Kavita from within the ~/Kavita folder, or else appsettings.json will fail to be acquired.

cd ~/Kavita
./Kavita

Step 1

Go to https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/latest and scroll down until you see the ‘assets’ section where there’s a list of files that you can download.

Download the kavita-win-x64 if you have a 64-bit system (preferred version - Windows 10 + Windows 11)

Download the kavita-win-x86 if you have a 32-bit system (usually older devices - Windows 7 and below)

Step 2

Extract all Files to a temporary location.

Delete the config folder in your temporary location

Step 3

Copy and paste all files in your temporary location to your Kavita install directory. When prompted, overwrite the files with the new copies.