Our Open Source
Stack
Every system we host is free and open source. No vendor lock-in. Ever.
We are committed to open-source software for archival infrastructure. This is not a budget decision — it is a professional and ethical one. Open-source systems are transparent, interoperable, community-governed, and free from the commercial pressures that drive lock-in and price increases. Your data stays yours.
Archival Management
AtoM
Access to Memory. ISAD(G)-native archival description and online catalogue. The standard for ICA-aligned archives worldwide.
AGPL-3.0 · PHP/Symfony
ArchivesSpace
Comprehensive archival management with accessions, locations, and public catalogue. Favoured by university special collections.
ECL-2.0 · Java/Ruby
Handwriting Recognition
Digital Preservation
IIIF Infrastructure
Cantaloupe
High-performance IIIF image server. Supports TIFF, JPEG2000, and many other formats with deep zoom delivery.
University of Illinois · Java
Mirador
Multi-window IIIF viewer. Side-by-side comparison, annotations, and deep zoom for scholarly and public use.
Apache-2.0 · JavaScript
Universal Viewer
All-media IIIF viewer — images, books, audio, video, 3D, PDFs. The UK's favourite open-source viewer.
MIT · JavaScript
Canopy
Static site generator that builds searchable sites directly from IIIF collections. Low cost, high performance.
MIT · Next.js
Library Systems
Also Hosted
- Omeka / Omeka S — Digital exhibitions and collections
- DSpace — Institutional repositories
- Islandora — Drupal-based DAM
- CollectiveAccess — Museum and object cataloguing
- InvenioRDM — Research data management
- Recogito — Semantic annotation
- VuFind — Discovery and resource portal
- OJS — Open Journal Systems