Not a techie?

Support The Koha Project

There are many ways to contribute to the Koha Project, no matter your skillset.

• Do you have ideas for neat features to be included?
• Do you have some financial resources that you could contribute (even a few hundred dollars goes a long way)?
• Can you translate Koha into your native language?

Here are some ways you can get involved:

Sponsor a project

Although Koha is free, many of our developers make a living providing services on Koha. We love to hear your ideas for improvement, and love them even more if you are willing to contribute monetarily to making them a reality.

If you've got any monetary resources that you can devote to Koha, please consider it. Even a small sum can go a long way.

So, you have a feature you'd like to see developed, or a bug  you'd like fixed. How to get the ball rolling? You could...

• Write a private message to one of the developers, naming the project you would like to 'sponsor' and get a quote for the funds required to develop it.
  
• Develop an RFP (Request for Proposal) if your idea is large (NCIP for example), and then notify the koha-devel list.

Check the support page for a list of folks who offer services (like development) on Koha.

If you would like to see the plan for Koha 2.4, check out the Release Manager's 3.0 Roadmap.

Help with documentation

The community welcomes documentation for library decision makers, programmers and developers and librarians. 

An extensive manual for Koha 3.0 can be found on this site.

We would also like to have available tutorials and materials suitable to put in a library for first time OPAC (or even computer) users. If you've figured out how to do something with Koha, or have just "learnt" it yourself, please consider writing a short piece about it

New documents may be submitted for inclusion HERE by joining and e-mailing them to the Koha Developers List.

Test Koha and report bugs

Please do this! We want Koha to be the most stable, easiest-to-use system out there.

The Koha Community uses software called Bugzilla to track and report bugs.

TIP: Make sure you search on your bug first on Bugzilla to make sure someone isn't already tracking it!

Report a bug.

Suggest improvements

Even if you can't program or sponsor a new feature, we'd love to hear about it.

SUGGEST A FEATURE FORM

Translate things

If you're willing to devote time translating Koha into your language please do! We're going to need help translating the website as well as the Koha interfaces and documentation into as many languages as possible. Join the koha-devel list and introduce yourself as a translator.

For more information on translations and how you can contribute, CLICK HERE.

Koha Swag at Cafe Press 

Want to help promote Koha? Do it in style!

Check out our range of t-shirts, bags, mugs and magnets at:

T-shirts	Mugs	Bags	Magnets

Invite us to speak

If you're organising a conference or forum we would welcome the opportunity to speak about Koha, open source, or what it's like working with people all over the world. While we're not necessarily going to be able to accept every offer, Koha contributers are found around the globe, and some travel widely too. If you can contribute to the air fares, there's an even better chance we can join you. We're also happy to talk about Koha via podcasts, panel discussions or as a guest blogger.

CLICK HERE to select from a list of Koha experts available for speaking opportunities.

Spread the word

Come on in, the water's fine.

CLICK HERE for a list of magazines/journals around the world that might enjoy hearing about your Koha experience.