Kora is an open-source information management system for plant variety characterization and evaluation data, with a particular focus on DUS and VCU testing.
It provides tools for managing plant species, varieties, reproductive material, test protocols, field trials, observations, and related data.
Open-source software for plant variety testing and data management.
Kora version 0.6.0-beta.3 (2026-10-11) is out. Changelog Added Improved the visual hierarchy of several tables throughout the app Collect: The sample listing now supports searching for an exact sample number Collect: Added the sample number to cart items list in the sidebar Describe: Improved visual hierarchy of descriptions list table Describe: Support live updates of the description comparison in response to workspace sidebar interactions Describe: Improved the layout of the descriptions comparison tables Describe: Introduced a new command to add all search results to the currently active workspace Describe: The text export of Description search results now contains labels Describe: “Find similar varieties” now includes adjacent states for quantitative (QN) Traits Describe: Allow specifying Traits’ type of expression Fixed Describe: Last updated time is now correclty set whenever the user updates a descriptions Describe: Restored display description labels in workspace detail list items API: Added the missing notes field to description serializer
Kora version 0.6.0-beta.2 (2026-09-27) is out. Changelog Added Guide new users to species creation when no varieties exist Register: rename latin_name to botanical_name and add species code Register: add import action to plant variety list header Collect: add commands to move storage containers to top, bottom, or before another container Collect: improve reordering of storage containers Evaluate: replace location list with filterable table with map links Fixed Evaluate: hide missing coordinates in location detail page Performance Improvements Evaluate: improve responsiveness of fieldbook listing