Comic/Manga server (Ubooquity Alternative)?

I've been using Ubooquity for many years, but i wanted something more modern and with maybe a bit more features. Everyone seems to recommend Komga.

My setup is:

  • Comics are cbz
  • Comics are tagged in an embedded comicinfo.xml file using ComicRack.
  • Comics are placed in a folder structure, but all information from the folder structure is also present in the comicinfo.xml file.
  • Comics are placed in a folder that the application will only have read-only access to.

I exclusively read through Chunky on iOS, so OPDS is a must.

Ideally i would want the following:

  • Uses metadata (comicinfo.xml) (all fields)
  • Custom lists / Smart lists based metadata that can be saved
  • Custom lists / Smart lists available over OPDS.
  • Proper sorting using OPDS (sort based on issue, date or filename, but not title as ubooquity does)

I've tried the following:

  1. Komga:
    • Pros:
      • Uses metadata (comicinfo.xml) but not all fields (eg. format and seriesgroup isn't imported)
      • Automatic collections, although not perfect
      • Issue numbers in OPDS (not available with ubooquity)
    • Cons:
      • No way to save searches or make smartlists.
      • Lots of files can be cumbersome to work with as there aren't a way to make smart lists.
  2. Comixed
    • Pros:
      • Uses metadata (comicinfo.xml) but not all fields
      • More advanced searches
    • Cons:
      • Extremely slow at importing comics. 16 comics took just over 6 minutes.
      • ComicVine ID is not imported from the ComicInfo.xml file
      • No way to save searches or make smartlists.
      • Could not get OPDS to work
  3. Kavita
    • Pros:
      • Uses metadata (comicinfo.xml) but not all fields
    • Cons:
      • No way to save searches or make smartlists.
      • OPDS is a bit weird as it is made for manga and every issue is a chapter. Lots of back and forth to just download a few issues from the same series.
  4. Mango
    • Cons:
      • Could not work with a readonly comic library.
  5. Tanoshi
    • Cons:
      • Couldn't get local libraries to work with docker.
  6. Unooquity
    • Pros:
      • Can use my existing folder structure
      • Can make custom lists using Comixology v2 theme
    • Cons:
      • Doesn't use metadata.
      • Weird opds with no issue numbers or date sorting.
      • Organizing happens on the filesystem

Am i missing something or is there nothing available like this?