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DSpace is an open source institutional repository and digital asset management system for preserving, managing, and providing access to digital content.
1.1k stars1.5k forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained
5 self-hosted DSPACE Direct alternatives
Managed cloud hosting and support for DSpace institutional repositories. Provides Lyrasis-managed infrastructure, secure storage, software updates, monitoring, backups, and technical support to operate and maintain DSpace without self-hosting.
Alternatives to DSPACE Direct
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Omeka is a PHP-based open-source web publishing platform for managing, preserving and presenting metadata-rich digital collections and media-rich online exhibits.
551 stars208 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
Java-based, modular digital repository for libraries and archives. Provides a RESTful HTTP API, Linked Data support, flexible storage backends and preservation features.
254 stars138 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
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Open-source repository engine from the Samvera community for building institutional digital repositories with flexible metadata, workflows, and search integration.
201 stars138 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained
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Perl-based institutional repository platform for higher education. Manages research outputs with flexible metadata, workflows, OAI-PMH support and integrations.
44 stars34 forksLGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained
What replacing DSPACE Direct actually involves
Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 5 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: BSD-3-Clause, GPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, LGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.
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