Samvera Hyrax
Samvera Hyrax is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Libraries & Repositories category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Ruby. It has 201 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 201
- Forks
- 140
- Open issues
- 509
- Commits, last 12 months
- 614
- Last commit
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest release
- hyrax-v5.3.1Oct 2, 2026
- Created
- Nov 29, 2016
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 614 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases7 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 614 |
| Latest release | hyrax-v5.3.1 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 7 |
| Releases, all time | 88 |
| Open issues | 509 |
| Open pull requests | 58 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 29, 2016 |
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About Samvera Hyrax
Front-end for the Samvera framework, which itself is a Ruby on Rails application for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital repositories.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/samvera/hyrax.
Topics
- repository
- sufia
- rails
- hydra-community
- fcrepo
- blacklight
- hyrax
- samvera
- samvera-community
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Is Samvera Hyrax free and open source?
Yes. Samvera Hyrax is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Samvera Hyrax with Docker?
Samvera Hyrax does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Ruby), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Samvera Hyrax?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Samvera Hyrax include DSpace, Koha and Fedora Commons Repository.
Is Samvera Hyrax actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Samvera Hyrax was on Oct 23, 2026 with 614 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is hyrax-v5.3.1, published Oct 2, 2026. It had 509 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.