Why Hyku?

Your Options

ContentDM, Rosetta, Islandora, Invenio, Roda, Hyrax, Hyku… there’s a lot of choices when it comes to the platform for your digital library. Are you looking for an institutional repository? Are you looking for a way to share your special collections? How many developers do you have at your disposal? Answering these questions and more will help you decide if Hyku is right for your needs.

Hyku as a Digital National Platform

Hyku, AKA Hydra-In-a-Box, was built as a part of the Institute for Museum and Library Services’ National Digital Platform initiatve. It strives to be a feature-rich, robust, flexible digital repository that is easy to install, configure, and maintain.”

Omeka vs Hyku

If you’re looking to build an online exhibition or digital humanities project, Omeka is a wonderful tool. If you’re looking to build an institutional repository or digital collections system, you might be better served by the Fedora/Solr/Blacklight-backed Hyku.

Hyku vs Hyrax

Hyku is an “out of the box” version of Hyrax, if you do not have any web developers on staff or already plan to use a consortium to help offload technical issues, Hyku is the right fit for you, check out this article on Hyku’s wiki. If you have developers on staff and are looking to have customized workflows and tech specs, consider using Hyrax and joining the Samvera community.