Free and open-source repository software

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.


 * This is a list of free and open-source software for OA repositories, especially for OAI-compliant repositories. When possible, include the name of the individual or organization behind it.


 * Related lists in OAD: (1) Free and open-source journal management software, (2) Free and open-source tools for OA, (3) Services to support repository managers.


 * Also see the lists of "Software for repositories" in Lists maintained by others.

Repository software

 * Archimede, Laval University Library


 * Artudis, Erasmus University Rotterdam


 * DAITSS, Florida Center for Library Automation


 * Dienst, Cornell Digital Library Research Group


 * DSpace, DSpace Foundation DuraSpace


 * Enterprise-Wide Digital Repository and Archive, Sun Microsystems


 * EPrints Free Software


 * ETD-db, Virginia Tech University Libraries


 * eXtensible Text Framework (XTF), California Digital Library


 * Fedora, Fedora Commons DuraSpace


 * Greenstone, New Zealand Digital Library Project, University of Wankato


 * Invenio, CERN Integrated Digital Library System


 * IRPlus, University of Rochester.


 * Islandora, originally from the University of Prince Edward Island.


 * Keystone Digital Library Suite, Index Data. DLS is no" longer being actively developed."


 * MOAI. (Can't tell what "MOAI" stands for or who developed it.)


 * MyCoRe. Collaborative software development at several german universities such as Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universität Jena, Universität Leipzig, Universität Rostock and others. "MyCoRe" is an acronym meaning My Content Repository.


 * Omeka, Center for History and New Media, George Mason University


 * OPUS. Originally from the Stuttgart University Library ("OPUS" stands for "Online Publikationsverbund Universität Stuttgart"), OPUS is now developed by a consortium of German university partners in Berlin, Dresden, Saarbrücken, and Stuttgart.


 * PeerLibrary, UC Berkeley


 * PubMan. From the eSciDoc project at the Max Planck Society.


 * WEKO, National Institute of Informatics


 * Zenodo from CERN; runs on Invenio (above)

Repository software wikis

 * DAITSS Wiki
 * DSpace Wiki
 * EPrints Wiki
 * Fedora Repository Wiki
 * GreenstoneWiki

Repository software add-ons

 * Fedora Tools
 * Fez, UQ eScholarship Project (Fedora)
 * MOAI (Works with any OAI-compliant repository software)
 * Muradora, DRAMA (Digital Repository Authorization Middleware Architecture) (Fedora)
 * Projects Involving DSpace
 * DSpace-CRIS: a DSpace extension to provide rich context to the digital objects, typically used to bring the repository with CRIS system or embed the CRIS functionalities in the repository
 * SWORD (Simple Web-Service Offering Repository Deposit) (Dspace, EPrints, and Fedora)

OAI-PMH software

 * jOAI Overview, Digital Library for Earth System Education
 * mod_oai, Old Dominion University and Los Alamos National Laboratory
 * OAI-PMH Tools
 * OCLC Software
 * OJAX: AJAX-powered Metasearch Service
 * UMich OAI Toolkit, University of Michigan Libraries

Repository software surveys

 * Repository Software Survey, March 2009 Repository Support Project
 * List of Repository Software, a part of the Practical Guidelines for Starting an Institutional Repository (IR)