Best Self-hosted Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools in 2026

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

MITActively maintained

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Zenodo+6

Lightweight Flask app that inspects Jellyfin library artwork, generates HTML galleries and ZIP exports, highlights missing or low-resolution images, and supports embedded archives.

Islandora is a Drupal module ecosystem for building institutional digital repositories with Fedora and Solr integrations, IIIF support, background processing and modular media handling.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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CONTENTdm+15

Self-hosted file sharing platform with box-based access controls, S3 or local storage, file previews, ZIP browsing, OCR and optional AI integrations.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Dropbox+19

Lightweight Python CLI that scans local .safetensors models, fetches Civitai metadata and previews, generates browsable HTML, and stores JSON backups and indexes.

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

LGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Digital Commons+6

Open E-Label is an open-source web application that creates QR-code electronic labels for wine bottles, delivering multilingual product, ingredient and regulatory information to consumers.

Go-based backend for Maker Management Platform that indexes STL libraries, renders model previews, provides a REST API, and supports Thingiverse imports.

BSD-2-ClauseLikely dormant

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Thingiverse

ResourceSpace is an open-source digital asset management (DAM) system for storing, organizing, searching, and securely sharing files with metadata, permissions, and auditing.

Activity unknown

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Bynder+19