# HykuUP

> Hosted Hyku repositories for libraries and archives, from Notch8

## Pages

- [Privacy Policy](https://hykuup.com/privacy-policy/): This policy explains what information hykuup.com collects, why we collect it, and what choices you have. The site is run by Redstone Software, Inc., doing business as Notch8 ("Notch8", "we", "us"). HykuUP is a Notch8 service.
- [Home](https://hykuup.com/): HykuUP is hosted Hyku from Notch8: a complete repository for theses, research, digital collections, and audio and video, upgraded and run for you. Plans from $4,500 a year.
- [Features](https://hykuup.com/features/): What comes with HykuUP: Hyku themes and branding, flexible metadata, mediated deposit, IIIF viewers, audio and video, Bulk Import, OAI-PMH, single sign-on, and hosting run by Notch8.
- [Pricing](https://hykuup.com/pricing/): HykuUP pricing: Leaflet $4,500 a year with 100 GB, Scroll $9,500 a year with 1 TB, more storage at $60 per TB per month, optional enhanced support at $1,500 a month.
- [Demo repositories](https://hykuup.com/demo/): Ellison, Harborview, and Meridian: HykuUP demo repositories for research, cultural heritage, and audio and video, each on a different Hyku theme.
- [FAQ](https://hykuup.com/faq/): Answers about HykuUP pricing, support, migration timelines, keeping existing links working, testing Bulk Import with your own records, and leaving if you ever want to.
- [Book a demo](https://hykuup.com/contact-us/): Book a HykuUP demo. Tell us about your collections and current system, and we'll walk you through a repository like yours.
- [Blog](https://hykuup.com/blog/): News and articles about Hyku and HykuUP from Notch8.

## Optional

- [Hyku 7.0 and 7.1 released!](https://hykuup.com/2026/04/07/hyku-7-0-and-7-1-released/): Release notes: Hyku v7.0.0 (March 23) and Hyku v7.1.0 (April 7). Hyku 7.0 came out on March 23 and 7.1 followed two weeks later, so we’re covering both here. 7.0 is a major platform upgrade with visible improvements to viewing...
- [Hyku 6.2 released!](https://hykuup.com/2025/11/04/hyku-6-2-released/): Hyku 6.2 is the first release with Flexible Metadata, the change we previewed in our Hyku 6.0 post. HykuUP customers were running 6.2 release-candidate code by late September, so the search and full-text changes below reached them about six weeks...
- [Hyku 6.1 released!](https://hykuup.com/2025/05/20/hyku-6-1-released/): Most of this release is practical. These are changes repository staff notice the first time they upload a large file, run an import, or search the collection. Large file uploads Large files now upload in pieces, through the deposit form...
- [HykuUP Roadmap: Hyku 6.0 released and other major features upcoming!](https://hykuup.com/2025/04/17/hykuup-roadmap-hyku-6-0-released-and-other-major-features-upcoming/): Learn about the benefits of Hyku 6.0, and hear about what’s coming with 6.1 and 6.2!
- [HykuUP-grade:  Now on Hyku 5.0!](https://hykuup.com/2023/08/07/hykuup-grade-now-on-hyku-5-0/): HykuUP moved to Hyku 5.0 in summer 2023, adding featured collections on the home page, custom favicons, more layout templates, and groups with roles.
- [Mediated Deposit in Hyku](https://hykuup.com/2020/07/31/mediated-deposit-in-hyku/): Mediated deposit in Hyku lets repository admins review each submitted work, then approve it or send it back to the depositor for revision.
- [Bulkrax: Bulk Import and Export for Hyku](https://hykuup.com/2020/03/13/bulkrax-bulk-import-and-export-for-hyku/): Bulk Import arrives on HykuUP (2020): create, schedule, and re-run imports from CSV, OAI-PMH, BagIt, and XML through the dashboard, with export to follow.
- [Multi-Tenancy in Hyku](https://hykuup.com/2019/06/20/multi-tenancy-in-hyku/): Rob Kaufman's 2019 talk on multi-tenancy in Hyku: many separate repositories, each with its own branding and users, running on one application.
- [Hyku Load Testing](https://hykuup.com/2019/04/23/hyku-load-testing/): Results from Notch8's 2019 load test of Hyku for Carleton University, measuring response times under concurrent users on three server sizes.
- [Hyku: Multi-Tenant Access to Samvera’s Resources](https://hykuup.com/2019/04/15/hyku-multi-tenant-access-to-samveras-resources/): How Hyku packages Samvera's components into a ready-to-run repository, and why that matters for institutions with small budgets or technical teams.
- [Samvera: Community-Driven Building Blocks to Digital Collections](https://hykuup.com/2019/03/29/samvera-community-driven-building-blocks-to-digital-collections/): What Samvera is: an open-source set of repository components built and maintained by a community of libraries, archives, museums, and developers.