MagShelf
Your magazines. Your server. Readable anywhere.
MagShelf brings the PDF magazines on your own Kavita server to iPhone and iPad – offline, with true two-page spreads and reading progress synced across devices.
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Read offline
Download issues with one tap and read them on the train, on a plane or at the beach. Downloads keep running in the background.
Made for magazines
True two-page spreads on iPad, zoom, table of contents, page overview and night mode.
Progress everywhere
Syncs directly with Kavita: start on your iPhone, continue on your iPad – or in the Kavita web reader.
Newsstand order
Shelves by category, name or date, favorites and “Keep reading” at the top, search and filters.
Private
No ads, no tracking, no account with us. MagShelf only talks to your server.
Issues by date
Issues are called “April 10, 2026” instead of “#0410” – grouped by year like a real archive.
Take a look
Two-page spreads on iPad
Pricing
Three issues for free – with every feature.
One-time purchase, no subscription. Unlimited issues and multiple accounts. With Family Sharing.
What you need
A reachable Kavita server, version 0.9.1 or later, with a PDF library and a user account. MagShelf does not include any content.
Screenshots show freely licensed magazines: Full Circle Magazine and Libre Graphics Magazine (CC BY-SA), NASA Spinoff (public domain). MagShelf is an independent project and is not affiliated with the Kavita project.