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Guru vs Komga
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Guru and Komga — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Guru vs Komga: at a glance
What is Guru?
Guru's Knowledge Agents get the plumbing that makes their answers checkable and safe.
Guru's late-October releases all serve the Knowledge Agent. Agents can now return the records behind an analytical answer, read SCIM-provisioned profile attributes such as department and manager, and choose from sources admins can rename. On the governance side, DLP masking now covers what users type before it is logged or sent to the LLM, and each agent gets its own chat retention window of 1 to 90 days.
What is Komga?
Komga's NextUI beta keeps gaining features while the old UI gets only translations.
Komga ships every one to two weeks, and almost all feature work lands in NextUI, the rewritten web interface served at /next. The third NextUI beta in 1.28.0 added contextual navigation, such as moving between books in a series or read list, and 1.29.0 added Notable Entities metadata that only NextUI shows. The latest patches fix page counts and KOReader hashes and carry dependency and translation updates.
Guru vs Komga: editorial side-by-side
Guru
5.0COLLAB
Guru's Knowledge Agents get the plumbing that makes their answers checkable and safe.
◆ Current state
Guru's late-October releases all serve the Knowledge Agent. Agents can now return the records behind an analytical answer, read SCIM-provisioned profile attributes such as department and manager, and choose from sources admins can rename. On the governance side, DLP masking now covers what users type before it is logged or sent to the LLM, and each agent gets its own chat retention window of 1 to 90 days.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc runs from giving agents write access to making them auditable. Mid-October brought a rebuilt Teams app with AI answers, MCP image uploads into card drafts and answer editing for skills-based agents; late October shifted to data controls and to answers that show their workings. Guru is treating the agent as the main interface and the card base as what it works on.
◆ Prediction
Expect the stated Mermaid gap in Slack, email and exports to close, and more per-agent settings in the Guardrails section where retention now sits.
Komga
5.0COLLAB
Komga's NextUI beta keeps gaining features while the old UI gets only translations.
◆ Current state
Komga ships every one to two weeks, and almost all feature work lands in NextUI, the rewritten web interface served at /next. The third NextUI beta in 1.28.0 added contextual navigation, such as moving between books in a series or read list, and 1.29.0 added Notable Entities metadata that only NextUI shows. The latest patches fix page counts and KOReader hashes and carry dependency and translation updates.
◆ Where it's heading
NextUI is moving from preview to the main interface: each minor release adds features exclusive to it, and the old web UI now receives only translations and dependency bumps. The server side keeps adding API checks and Kobo sync fixes underneath.
◆ Prediction
Expect further NextUI betas with editing and navigation features, and eventually a release that makes NextUI the default; the entries don't give a date.
Alternatives to Guru and Komga
Other Collab products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Guru or Komga.
Capacities
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EGroupware
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Immich
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PhotoPrism
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Trilium Notes
Trilium rebuilt its kanban board, then shipped an urgent server security fix.
Recent activity from Guru and Komga
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoGuruRename Sources and Folders or Drives
- 2d agoGuruKnowledge Agents Can Now Return the Records Behind the Numbers
- 2d agoGuruSCIM Now Fills in Guru Profile Attributes
- 5d agoKomgaPage count and KOReader hash fixes
- 6d agoGuruMermaid diagrams in cards and Chat
- 6d agoGuruSet chat thread retention for each Knowledge Agent
- 6d agoGuruDLP masking now covers what users type
- 19d agoKomgaRelease 1.29.1
- 21d agoKomgaRelease 1.29.0
- 1mo agoKomgaNextUI login, sorting and search fixes
- 1mo agoKomgaThird NextUI beta adds contextual navigation
- 1mo agoKomgaAPI restriction checks and a Kobo re-download fix
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Guru and Komga?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Guru and Komga are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Guru better than Komga?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Guru and Komga are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Guru?
Top Guru alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Guru alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/guru for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Komga?
Top Komga alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Komga alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/komga for the full list with editorial commentary on each.