Since 2007, Notch8 has partnered with libraries, universities, and cultural organizations to design, ship, and sustain repository software at real-world scale.
- Repository & research-data platforms — Samvera / Hyku & Hyrax, Dataverse, DSpace, Invenio RDM, and the integrations they need in production
- Discovery & publishing — Blacklight, Spotlight, IIIF, Manifold, and Solr-backed discovery where it fits
- Scale — Collections from thousands to millions of objects and hundreds of terabytes
- Access — Metadata and interfaces that make cultural and scholarly material usable, not just stored
New here? See what we ship in the open on GitHub (Hyku, Hyrax, Spotlight, and supporting tooling), learn how we work with institutions — including how we think about long-term stewardship — and get in touch when you want to talk through your repository roadmap. We work across the ecosystems institutions already run — Samvera, Dataverse, DSpace, Invenio RDM, Manifold, and the discovery layers on top.
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After you work with Notch8, your repository is built to last.
We don’t only deliver software — we stay engaged with the operational reality of digital collections: metadata, integrations, performance, upgrades, and the expectations of scholars and the public. Our team has been at this since 2007, and we still support institutions we started with.
Repositories and publishing systems that researchers and the public actually use.
- Hyku / Hyrax (Samvera) — Institutional repositories and multi-tenant collections
- Dataverse — Research data repositories, metadata, and deposit workflows
- DSpace — Institutional repositories, including current DSpace 7+ deployments
- Invenio RDM — Research data repository patterns (Zenodo lineage)
- Manifold — Scholarly editions and press-style digital publication
- Blacklight & Spotlight — Discovery and curated exhibits on top of strong metadata
- IIIF — Interoperable image and object delivery for cultural heritage
- Fedora & Solr — Back-end patterns for durable, searchable collections where the stack calls for them
- Custom development — Features, migrations, and glue code your institution’s roadmap requires
We meet institutions where they are — and help them get where they need to go.
- Repository design, implementation, and hardening
- Migration and metadata transformation
- Performance tuning for large collections
- Hosting, maintenance, and ongoing support
- Leadership and contributions across the open source communities these stacks depend on
Nearly two decades of opening up and caring for the world’s knowledge.
- Repositories serving millions of objects across institutions large and small
- Hundreds of terabytes of scholarly content made discoverable
- Trusted by libraries, universities, and cultural heritage organizations worldwide
- Active participants in Samvera, Blacklight, Spotlight, and related communities