Koha Community Newsletter: January 2026
Koha Community Newsletter: January 2026 
Volume 17, Issue 1
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch
Table of contents
Development
- Roadmap 26.05 (Koha Wiki)
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 8 December 2025 | Koha 25.11.00 stable |
3 new features, 224 enhancements, 433 bugfixes |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 25.05.06 stable |
58 bugfixes (2 security fixes) |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 24.11.11 (LTS) oldstable |
76 bugfixes (1 security fix) |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 24.05.16 | 2 bugfixes (2 security fixes) |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 22.11.33 (LTS) | 2 bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
New Koha version 25.11
On 5 December 2025 Lucas Gass announced the release of Koha 25.11. This major release includes 3 new features, 224 enhancements and 433 bugfixes.
- Roles for 25.11
- Release notes for Koha 25.11.00
- System requirements and recommendations Koha 25.11 (…but still without entry for Koha 25.11)
- Download Koha
- Installation documentation
- Koha 25.11 database schema
- Koha 25.11 manual (en) – also see more documentation
New developments
Community
Notes, gossip and announcements
- Kohala news (Décembre 2025) (Kohala)
New Koha libraries
Denmark
- Danskernes Historie Online in Albertslund, via Open Fifth
Sweden
- Konstbiblioteket in Stockholm, via Imcode Partner
Koha tips and tricks
- Acquisitions: Today and coming soon (koha-US)
- Als die Zettel laufen lernten : Therapie eines Medienbruchs (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- Book it! : using the Koha bookings module (koha-US)
- Boutique customer service with purchase suggestions (koha-US)
- Can a deleted list be restored? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can a patron category be limited from being a registration option at some branches? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can renewal notices be turned off if a library is using automatic renewals? (Bywater Solutions)
- Do Koha bookings honor calendar closures (Bywater Solutions)
- How to install Koha 25.11 on Ubuntu LTS in 2026 (RAFLIMTS)
- Inlibro’s plug-ins for Koha (Inlibro)
- Jquery: Controlled patron renewal workflow (koha-US)
- Jquery: Using Jquery from the Koha Community wiki (koha-US)
- Koha, Biblibre et la transition bibliographique (Biblibre)
- Koha knowledge base (Koha Support)
- Koha LMS and Aspen Discovery for public libraries (Open Fifth)
- Koha LMS for NHS and health libraries (Open Fifth)
- NaMo, utility for populating missing date fields in authority records (Stefano Bargioni, Silvia Cagnizi)
- Neuerungen in Koha 25.11 (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- Presseplus-Plugin (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- Seamless cataloging with BTCat integration in Koha (koha-US)
- SIP2 configuration module in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- Table settings in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- Testing Koha LMS fixes and features (Open Fifth)
- The impact of AI on libraries (koha-US)
- Verbundkatalogisierung – Koha im B3Kat (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- What’s new in Koha 25.05 and 25.11 (Open Fifth)
- Why is this pop-up appearing while editing items connected to a serial subscription? (Bywater Solutions)
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Support provider news
- Bywater Solutions’ partners sponsor development in Koha 25.11 release (ByWater Solutions)
- Developed for you: Bespoke software development for Koha and Aspen Discovery (Open Fifth)
Upcoming events
For all upcoming meetings, see next meetings or the Koha Community calendar.
For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.
Documentation drop-in session
Thursday 15th January 2026, any time between 13:30-16:00 UTC (check the times in your timezone)
Philip Orr and Aude Charillon, on behalf of the Documentation team, invite you to try your hand at Koha documentation! We can walk you through making your first (or second, or third) contribution to the Koha manual, help you troubleshoot on GitLab, show you how to analyse screenshots so they are generated automatically, chat with you about the work of the Documentation team… It’s also a good time for questions – not just for beginners but anyone taking part in documentation – and generally for working together on expanding and improving the manual.
All the details are on the wiki. We hope to see you in January!
Past events
- KohaCon 2025 – 299 photos (Kristina D. C. Hoeppner)
- KohaCon25 – presentation recordings from day 1 and 2 (Koha Community)
- KohaCon25 in New Zealand wrap-up (ByWater Solutions)
- Te Hokinga Mai : Coming home: Celebrating 25 years of Koha at KohaCon25 (Aleisha Amohia)
For all past meetings, see the following links or the Koha Community calendar:
For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.