25 Aug 2020
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is:
Koha 19.05.14 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 19.05.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.
It includes 3 security fixes, 6 enhancements, 11 bugfixes.
Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for deployment:
Additional notes:
[4985] Copy a change on the calendar to all libraries
Sponsored by Koha-Suomi Oy
[11994] Fix OpenSearch discovery in the OPAC
OpenSearch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch) allows you to search your library's catalog directly from the browser address bar or search box. This fixes the OpenSearch feature so that it now works correctly in Firefox. Note: make sure OPACBaseURL is correctly set.
[24352] Wrong labels displaying in result list with OpacItemLocation
This fixes the OPAC's MARC21 search results XSLT so that OPAC search result information is correctly labelled based on the OpacItemLocation preference.
Previously, search results showed the label "Location(s)" whether the setting was "collection code" or "location."
[25447] Terminology: Fix button text "Edit biblio"
This updates the text on the cataloging main page so that in the menu for each search result the "Edit biblio" link is now "Edit record."
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.05.14 is
Release Manager: Jonathan Druart
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Manager: Mason James
Documentation Managers:
Documentation Team:
Translation Manager: Bernardo González Kriegel
Release Maintainers:
Release Maintainer mentors:
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 19.05.14:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.14.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 19.05.14
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha.
We thank the following individuals who mentored new contributors to the Koha project.
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 19.05.x.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai. (Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 25 Aug 2020 11:37:52.