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7 self-hosted Mendeley Data alternatives

Cloud research data repository for uploading, managing, sharing and publishing research datasets. Provides metadata, DOI assignment, versioning, access controls, citation information and searchability to make research data findable and citable.

Alternatives to Mendeley Data

DSpace is an open source institutional repository and digital asset management system for preserving, managing, and providing access to digital content.

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1.1k stars1.5k forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained

Omeka is a PHP-based open-source web publishing platform for managing, preserving and presenting metadata-rich digital collections and media-rich online exhibits.

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552 stars209 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Omeka S is a modular PHP CMS for cultural heritage institutions to publish exhibits, manage digital collections, and share metadata across sites.

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512 stars173 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source archives information management application for accessioning, describing, preserving, and providing access to archival collections and digital objects.

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435 stars250 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source repository engine from the Samvera community for building institutional digital repositories with flexible metadata, workflows, and search integration.

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201 stars138 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source research data management platform for publishing, storing, indexing and sharing datasets with rich metadata, versioning and access controls.

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175 stars195 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Perl-based institutional repository platform for higher education. Manages research outputs with flexible metadata, workflows, OAI-PMH support and integrations.

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44 stars35 forksLGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing Mendeley Data 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. 7 of 7 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: BSD-3-Clause, GPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, MIT, LGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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