RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 23.11.09

03 Oct 2024

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 23.11.09 can be downloaded from:

Installation instructions can be found at:

Koha 23.11.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 1 enhancements, 27 bugfixes and 5 security fixes.

System requirements

You can learn about the system components (like OS and database) needed for running Koha on the community wiki.

Security bugs

Bugfixes

Acquisitions

Other bugs fixed

Architecture, internals, and plumbing

Other bugs fixed

Circulation

Other bugs fixed

ERM

Critical bugs fixed

Fines and fees

Other bugs fixed

Hold requests

Critical bugs fixed

Lists

Other bugs fixed

MARC Authority data support

Other bugs fixed

OPAC

Other bugs fixed

Patrons

Critical bugs fixed

Other bugs fixed

Point of Sale

Other bugs fixed

REST API

Other bugs fixed

Searching - Elasticsearch

Other bugs fixed

Staff interface

Other bugs fixed

Templates

Other bugs fixed

Test Suite

Other bugs fixed

Enhancements

REST API

Enhancements

Documentation

The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha documentation is

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at

Translations

Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:

- Arabic (ar_ARAB) (99%) - Armenian (hy_ARMN) (100%) - Bulgarian (bg_CYRL) (100%) - Chinese (Simplified) (90%) - Chinese (Traditional) (91%) - Czech (70%) - Dutch (85%) - English (100%) - English (New Zealand) (64%) - English (USA) - Finnish (99%) - French (99%) - French (Canada) (99%) - German (100%) - German (Switzerland) (52%) - Greek (58%) - Hindi (99%) - Italian (84%) - Norwegian Bokmål (76%) - Persian (fa_ARAB) (95%) - Polish (100%) - Portuguese (Brazil) (99%) - Portuguese (Portugal) (88%) - Russian (94%) - Slovak (62%) - Spanish (100%) - Swedish (87%) - Telugu (70%) - Turkish (83%) - Ukrainian (74%) - hyw_ARMN (generated) (hyw_ARMN) (65%)

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:

Release Team

The release team for Koha 23.11.09 is

Credits

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 23.11.09

- Chetco Community Public Library - Gothenburg University Library - [Koha-Suomi Oy](https://koha-suomi.fi)

We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.09

- Matt Blenkinsop (5) - Nick Clemens (4) - Jonathan Druart (2) - Katrin Fischer (2) - Eric Garcia (3) - Lucas Gass (5) - Thibaud Guillot (1) - David Gustafsson (1) - Kyle M Hall (3) - Andreas Jonsson (1) - Sam Lau (1) - Laura_Escamilla (1) - Owen Leonard (3) - Vicki McKay (1) - Martin Renvoize (3) - Phil Ringnalda (3) - Andreas Roussos (1) - Fridolin Somers (2) - Catalyst Bug Squasher (2) - Jennifer Sutton (1) - Emmi Takkinen (2) - Hammat Wele (1) - Baptiste Wojtkowski (1)

We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed patches to Koha 23.11.09

- Athens County Public Libraries (3) - [BibLibre](https://www.biblibre.com) (3) - Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) (2) - [ByWater Solutions](https://bywatersolutions.com) (13) - [Catalyst](https://www.catalyst.net.nz/products/library-management-koha) (4) - Chetco Community Public Library (3) - [Dataly Tech](https://dataly.gr) (1) - Göteborgs Universitet (1) - Independant Individuals (4) - Koha Community Developers (2) - [Koha-Suomi Oy](https://koha-suomi.fi) (2) - Kreablo AB (1) - laposte.net (1) - [PTFS Europe](https://ptfs-europe.com) (8) - [Solutions inLibro inc](https://inlibro.com) (1)

We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches for Koha

- Matt Blenkinsop (2) - Nick Clemens (1) - David Cook (6) - Chris Cormack (1) - Jake Deery (1) - Paul Derscheid (1) - Roman Dolny (5) - Katrin Fischer (11) - Lucas Gass (40) - Victor Grousset (1) - Kyle M Hall (5) - Barbara Johnson (1) - Jan Kissig (1) - Emily Lamancusa (1) - Sam Lau (1) - Laura_Escamilla (1) - Brendan Lawlor (3) - Owen Leonard (1) - Julian Maurice (1) - David Nind (13) - Martin Renvoize (31) - Phil Ringnalda (1) - Marcel de Rooy (10) - Fridolin Somers (44)

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.

Revision control notes

The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the main branch of:

The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release line is 23.11.x.

Bugs and feature requests

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 03 Oct 2024 10:12:54.