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Grow with your community.
Koha is the world's first free and open source library system—a fully featured, scalable platform for managing collections, services, patrons, and discovery.
One library system, shaped by its users
Koha brings day-to-day library work into one connected environment, with development sponsored by libraries, volunteers, and support organizations around the world.
A complete open source library platform.
One system. Every service connected.
See how Koha connects collection management, everyday circulation, and a welcoming discovery experience.
Build accurate, useful collections
Create and maintain bibliographic records, manage authorities and items, and connect cataloging with acquisitions and serials workflows.
Keep service moving at the desk
Handle checkouts, returns, renewals, holds, patron records, notices, and library policies from a connected staff interface.
Make the collection easier to find
Give patrons a searchable online catalog where they can discover materials, review availability, manage their account, and place requests.
From records to reader access
Koha keeps the path from library setup to everyday service clear, connected, and ready to evolve.
Configure your library
Shape branches, item types, circulation rules, permissions, notices, and preferences around local policies.
Connect daily work
Bring cataloging, acquisitions, serials, patrons, circulation, and discovery into one shared system.
Measure and improve
Use reports, integrations, and community-led releases to refine services as your library changes.
A complete library management toolkit
Select a capability to see how Koha supports staff workflows, patron services, and long-term flexibility.
Create and edit bibliographic, authority, and item records with flexible frameworks and standards-aware workflows.
Manage checkouts, returns, renewals, holds, patron accounts, messages, restrictions, and service rules.
Coordinate vendors, budgets, orders, receiving, subscriptions, claims, and collection development activity.
Provide a responsive OPAC for searching, account management, holds, lists, carts, and online services.
Build operational reports and connect Koha with other services through APIs, plugins, and library standards.
Built around library choice
Use a proven open source foundation without giving up local control, practical workflows, or the ability to connect with other systems.
Open by design
Inspect, adapt, and extend the software around local priorities.
Flexible at scale
Support different library types, branches, policies, and collections.
Community developed
Benefit from contributions sponsored by libraries worldwide.
Integration ready
Connect through APIs, plugins, and established library standards.
Open source. Global community. Local fit.
Koha grows through a worldwide project that brings libraries, developers, translators, documentation contributors, volunteers, and support companies together.
- Community-maintained software and documentation
- Public roadmap, release schedule, code, and bug tracking
- Freedom to choose hosting and support arrangements
- Regular releases shaped by real library needs
- International participation and localization
Koha FAQs
What is Koha?
Koha is a free and open source integrated library system for managing collections, circulation, patrons, acquisitions, serials, reports, and online discovery.
What kinds of libraries use Koha?
Koha is designed to scale across libraries of different types and sizes, with configurable branches, policies, collections, and staff permissions.
What does open source mean for a library?
The source code is publicly available, so organizations can use, study, adapt, and improve the software while choosing how it is hosted and supported.
How is Koha supported?
Libraries can use community documentation and communication channels or work with paid support providers listed by the Koha project.
Can Koha connect with other systems?
Yes. Koha includes APIs, plugins, import and export tools, and support for established library standards and protocols.
Bring Koha to your library
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