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FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager is a free and open source ASP.NET media library system authored in C# and SQL Server (T-SQL). It has a number of enterprise features such as a dedicated media processing server, support for multiple brands, configurable metadata and workflows, filtered and faceted search (with full text indexing) and advanced security and user access roles. FocusOPEN is available under an AGPL license.

Archon is an award-winning open source web application used for managing and publishing archival descriptive information and digital archival objects in a user-friendly website and generating corresponding EAD and MARC records.

Scriblio (formerly WPopac) is a free, open source CMS and OPAC with faceted searching and browsing features based on WordPress.

SOPAC (Social Online Public Access Catalog) is a module for the Drupal CMS that provides true integration of your library catalog system with the power of the Drupal content management system while allowing users to tag, rate, and review your holdings.

ReservesDirect is free, open-source software that manages electronic and physical library materials reserved for university courses.

LibraryFind is an open source metasearch application developed by librarians for libraries, built with Ruby on Rails.

VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to search and browse through all of your library’s resources by replacing traditional OPAC systems.

LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to your library’s resources.

Blacklight is a free and open source ruby-on-rails based discovery interface (a.k.a. “next-generation catalog”) especially optimized for heterogeneous collections. You can use it as a library catalog, as a front end for a digital repository, or as a single-search interface to aggregate digital content that would otherwise be siloed.

Libstats provides a simple way for library reference & service desks to track statistics on the number of questions asked, as well as build a simple knowledge base.

Kete is Open Source Digital Library and Archiving software with a focus on community collaboration. Use this CMS to write topics and upload images, audio, video, documents; discuss and interlink them.

Omeka is a content management system designed for scholars, museums, libraries, archives, and enthusiasts to create complex narratives and share rich collections.

calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

Evergreen is an enterprise-class library automation system that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials, no matter how large or complex the libraries.

Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. It is not a digital library but a tool for building digital libraries. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM in the form of a fully-searchable, metadata-driven digital library.

Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base.