Pledge today to support a fast Hyku 7 release - fundraising drive for May 2025

The Hyku Community is fundraising to fast-track critical upgrade work required for platform performance, security, and quality. The goal of this fundraising is to ensure this work is completed by the end of summer 2025. The goal: Release Hyku 7 by the End of Summer 2025 One of our Samvera Community Partner Service Providers, Notch8, has secured Rob Kaufman to lead this essential upgrade work which includes:

• Integrating the latest Hyrax 5.1 into Hyku

• Upgrading Ruby and Rails with full dependency resolution

• Comprehensive testing and spec development

Rob has the experience to complete this work quickly, so that it is complete in time for community development work this fall. Why does this work matter? For both the Hyku and Hyrax communities to enjoy the “cross-pollination” of features and benefits of both, they both need to be on the same version of Rails, and share the same core Hyrax engine version.

• This work sets up both Hyrax and Hyku for improved quality with fewer bugs

• This work is a required step to address performance issues

• Less divergence (and more convergence) of both projects means higher quality of releases through streamlined testing and a lower maintenance burden

Timeline & Budget Estimated completion: 2 months Total budget: $20,000 Target release: August 2025 Our Pledge Goal: A $2,000 pledge from 10 different institutions by June 1, 2025 If 10 institutions can each pledge $2,000 toward this effort we will reach our goal. Some institutions may be able to contribute more if needed to help institutions who can’t reach the full contribution goal, so contribution pledges of any amount are welcome. Why Crowdfund? By distributing the cost across our community, we can move forward quickly without burdening any single institution. Your contribution, regardless of size, helps maintain the collaborative spirit that makes Hyku special. If we're not able to reach the target budget, this work will still need to be completed, but it will happen more slowly and without the momentum of a dedicated sprint. How to Pledge Email heather@samvera.org with your pledge amount. Contributions will be invoiced after June 1st.

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