The first open source archival data management system to provide broad, integrated support for the management of archives. Superseded in September 2013 by the ArchivesSpace application, though users may continue to use the software with support only from user communities.

Automatically publishes archival descriptive information and digital archival objects in a user-friendly website; development efforts merging with Archivist’s Tookit to form ArchivesSapce in September 2013.

used to build, manage and share digital collections of any size

media contents management software with strong metadata management support; an alternative to iTunes

An open-source web application to manage descriptive information for archives, manuscripts, and digital objects, building on features of Archon and Archivists Toolkit

digital collection management software offering storage and retrieval software for multimedia collections

Open Access suite of tools and services that enables institutions to manage, display, and publish scholarship to the web (institutional repository software)

Open Source content management system

Open Archive Initiative (OAI)-compliant Open Source software released by MIT for archiving e-prints and other kinds of academic content

Open Source repository and retrieval engine for XML documents

Open Source digital repository software

suite of Open Source software for building and distributing digital library collections

modular, mobile accessioning station designed for use with archival masters of almost any media type

Open Source database management system

object-relational database system; has features of traditional proprietary database systems with enhancements to be found in next-generation database management systems

customer-relationship management software

relational database software

spreadsheet software

batch tool for editing, cover art, and import/export of embedded audio metadata

web-based repository designed for use in metadata management; provides the capability to capture data definitions

music metadata management software – the “official MusicBrainz tagger”

batch tool for feature extraction and annotation of audio files

windows-based MARC editing tool and converter

performs embedding, validating, and exporting of metadata in Broadcast WAVE Format (BWF) files

command-line application for reading, writing, and editing metadata in a variety of file formats

suite of applications for managing embedded BWAV metadata

manages audio metadata in batch or individually; supports a variety of audio file formats

music notation software

digital music library software that provides online access to streaming audio and scanned score images with a flexible access control framework to ensure respect for intellectual property

music notation software

designed to represent musical scores in common Western musical notation; has interchange format for notation, performance, analysis, and retrieval

Python web framework

software stack that enables the creation, retrieval, updating, and deletion of digital content through a user-friendly repository interface that can be adapted and extended to deal with multiple content types

workflow management system for digital objects; provides a complete metadata creation system for analog and digital materials with services to ingest objects and metadata into a Fedora repository and to export these objects and metadata, individually and in bulk, in a METS/XML wrapper

computer programming language designed for multi-tasking and real-time programming

server-side scripting language designed for web development

interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language; there is also pymarc for analyzing and editing MARC records

Open Source digital repository based on the Apache Lucene Java search library

powerful Open Source platform for providing access to digital content

XML editor

XML-based software for structured authoring and content collaboration

text and HTML editor; there is also a “light” version for free