DSpace/DSpace
(Official) The DSpace digital asset management system that powers your Institutional Repository observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 5283
- days_rel: 97
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 14
Adoption not part of the score
1093 stars · 1488 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
DSpace is an open-source digital asset management system that powers institutional repositories, providing durable access to digital resources for over 2,000 organizations. It consists of a Java/Spring Boot backend exposing a REST API plus OAI-PMH, SWORD, and RDF interfaces, paired with an Angular-based frontend UI.
Use cases
- run an institutional repository for a university library
- publish open-access research papers and theses online
- manage and preserve digital assets with metadata
- host a self-hosted repository with OAI-PMH harvesting support
- give researchers persistent handles and DOIs for their publications
- build a searchable archive of institutional documents
When to choose
- you need a proven, turnkey institutional repository with long-term community support
- you must expose content via standard scholarly interfaces like OAI-PMH and SWORD
- your institution wants durable, metadata-rich access to digital collections
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight CMS or blog rather than a full repository platform
- you cannot operate a Java/Tomcat plus PostgreSQL stack
- you want production-ready Docker images out of the box
Facets
application · maturity stable
http-server search-engine auth authorization api-framework web-framework self-hosted cms education apis documentation web-development jvm windows self-hosted institutional-repository digital-asset-management open-access rest-api oai-pmh sword angular-frontend postgresql tomcat spring-boot scholarly-communication metadata search linux macos docker web-server nodejs
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace · fetched 2026-09-03 · d16f74f05a63
- homepage: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC9x/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 22185a4fcc9d
- site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/aboutconfluencepage.action · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6c55153e18c4
- site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC9x/pages/379125826/DSpace+9.x+Documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4e22da710423
- site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC8x/pages/315720588/DSpace+8.x+Documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 694f0a1be5ad
- site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC/pages/30216385/All+Documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · c85b8735b9e0
- site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC9x/pages/379125837/Installing+DSpace · fetched 2026-08-29 · 085742c4e279
- site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC9x/pages/379125826/DSpace+9.x+Documentation?preview=%2F379125826%2F388694266%2FDSpace-9-Manual.pdf · fetched 2026-08-29 · ab98c3c713b8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| DSpace/DSpace | main | 95 |
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