Koha

Enterprise-class ILS with modules for acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, label printing, offline circulation for when Internet access is not available, and much more.

Actively maintained

At a glance

GitHub stars
598
Last activity
2026-11-02
Latest release
–
Commits (12 mo)
3.6k
License
GPL-3.0
Language / platform
Perl

Maintenance health: Actively maintained — Commits in the last 3 months.

Run Koha yourself

  • RAM: ~512 MB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
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