Open Source
Koha is an open-source integrated library system, which means it’s free to use and you can modify it according to your needs without any licensing fees.
Community Support
The Koha community is active and provides a wealth of resources, including documentation, forums, and user groups for assistance and support.
Customizability
Users can customize Koha to meet their specific requirements, thanks to its open-source nature and extensive configuration options.
Web-Based
Koha is entirely web-based, making it accessible from any location with internet access and simplifying maintenance and updates.
Regular Updates
The system benefits from regular updates and new features contributed by the global community, ensuring it stays current and secure.
Comprehensive Features
Koha offers a wide array of features, including cataloging, circulation, member management, and reporting capabilities, making it suitable for various types of libraries.
Koha library system? https://koha-community.org/.
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10 months ago
Koha Library Software is a free & open source library system.
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over 1 year ago
We are lending stuff like books, laptops, beer benches (hallo freunde) and other stuff.
Currently we are using librebooking, but obviously this is not the intended use case.
Stuff like maximum lended objects is relevant to us. I saw koha which looks promising, but as it is intended for a library it has any features we dont need, such as acquistion.
Any ideas?
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over 1 year ago
On the harder side of the world, there are entire open source products like Koha (https://koha-community.org) and Evergreen (https://evergreen-ils.org) that are capable of running large libraries, but require installation and systems maintenance. On the easier, something like Librarycat (https://www.librarycat.org) might work fine for your needs (and if you end up using it, lmk…the developer is a friend) or…
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almost 2 years ago
KOHA is open source software: https://koha-community.org/.
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almost 2 years ago
There are (at least) 14.500 libraries serving ~44+ million users using Koha, which is written in Perl (a mix of old CGI and new Mojo, with everything in between).
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over 2 years ago
I’ve recently started to work with Koha, an OpenSource Library (as in books) Software used by ~15k libraries around the world. We already moved one library from a closed source software to Koha, and are working on a few more.
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over 2 years ago
One off the top of my head is Koha. https://koha-community.org/.
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over 2 years ago
So you said locally managed, if you’re a techy you could self-host an ILS, https://koha-community.org/, is usually a recommended one. This is probably way overkill though. There isn’t a good self-hosted goodreads/libib replacement though. Personally I use a glorified spreadsheet app to track everything.
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almost 3 years ago
Official Website of Koha Library Software (koha-community.org).
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over 3 years ago
