Samvera Hyrax
Front-end for the Samvera framework, which itself is a Ruby on Rails application for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital repositories.
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Still maintained? Yes: 181 commits in the last 90 days, latest release hyrax-v5.3.1 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Samvera Hyrax quick facts
- Health score
- 79/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 201
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- hyrax-v5.3.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Hyrax is a Ruby on Rails Engine built by the Samvera community. Hyrax provides a foundation for creating many different digital repository applications."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Samvera Hyrax scores 79/100, #2 of 6 in Document Management - Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software: 181 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (hyrax-v5.3.1, 28 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 201 stars add 9.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 10.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
181 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
hyrax-v5.3.1 released 28 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 9.2 / 20
201 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 181
- Last 90 days
- 641
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #2 of 6 tools in Document Management - Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software by health , between DSpace (#1) and Fedora Commons Repository (#3) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | hyrax-v5.3.1 · 28 days ago |
| Stars | 201 |
| Open issues | 509 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | samvera/hyrax ↗ |
Samvera Hyrax vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Samvera Hyrax (Document Management - Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSpace | 82 | 1.1k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| Samvera Hyrax (this tool) | 79 | 201 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Fedora Commons Repository | 65 | 253 | Apache-2.0 | today |
| InvenioRDM | 54 | 185 | MIT | yesterday |
| Islandora | 48 | 158 | GPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
| EPrints | 44 | 45 | GPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
Samvera Hyrax: common questions
Is Samvera Hyrax still maintained?
Samvera Hyrax had 181 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, hyrax-v5.3.1, is from 28 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.