26 Apr 2022
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 21.05.14 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 21.05.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 18 bugfixes.
You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/System_requirements_and_recommendations
[28943] Lower the risk of accidental patron deletion by cleanup_database.pl
If you use self registration but you do not use a temporary self registration patron category, you should actually clear the preference PatronSelfRegistrationExpireTemporaryAccountsDelay.
[29338] Reprinting holds slip with updated expiration date
This patch adds a "Print hold/transfer" button to request.tt so staff can reprint hold/transfer slips without re-checking an item.
[29482] Terminology: This item belongs to another branch.
This replaces the word "branch" with the word "library" for a self-checkout message, as per the terminology guidelines. ("This item belongs to another branch." changed to "This item belongs to another library".)
[30142] ElasticSearch MARC mappings should not accept whitespaces
Sponsored by Steiermärkische Landesbibliothek
[30035] Wrong month name in numbering pattern
Sponsored by Orex Digital
Sponsored-by: Orex Digital
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, the Koha manual is available in the following languages:
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 21.05.14 is
Release Manager: Fridolin Somers
Release Manager assistants:
QA Manager: Katrin Fischer
QA Team:
Topic Experts:
Bug Wranglers:
Packaging Manager:
Documentation Manager: David Nind
Documentation Team:
Translation Managers:
Wiki curators:
Release Maintainers:
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 21.05.14
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 21.05.14
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 21.05.14
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed, please send a patch against these release notes to koha-devel@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 rmain2105.
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 26 Apr 2022 12:57:39.