# DSpace/DSpace

(Official) The DSpace digital asset management system that powers your Institutional Repository

Repository: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dspace
Homepage: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC9x/
Language: Java
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: dspace, repository, java, open-access, open-source, rest-api
Last push: 2026-09-02T22:10:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5283, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 97, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1093, forks 1488 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:05.408078+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, search-engine, auth, authorization, api-framework, web-framework
- domain: self-hosted, cms, education, apis, documentation, web-development
- platform: jvm, windows, self-hosted
- tags: 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

## Member repositories
- DSpace/DSpace (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.408078+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:49:05.439161+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:05.408078+00:00, sha d16f74f05a63)
  - homepage: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC9x/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.170620+00:00, sha 22185a4fcc9d)
  - site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/aboutconfluencepage.action (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.173875+00:00, sha 6c55153e18c4)
  - site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC9x/pages/379125826/DSpace+9.x+Documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.176246+00:00, sha 4e22da710423)
  - site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC8x/pages/315720588/DSpace+8.x+Documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.178296+00:00, sha 694f0a1be5ad)
  - site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC/pages/30216385/All+Documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.180356+00:00, sha c85b8735b9e0)
  - site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC9x/pages/379125837/Installing+DSpace (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.182414+00:00, sha 085742c4e279)
  - site_page: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/spaces/DSDOC9x/pages/379125826/DSpace+9.x+Documentation?preview=%2F379125826%2F388694266%2FDSpace-9-Manual.pdf (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:14.187105+00:00, sha ab98c3c713b8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.