InvenioRDM vs Islandora

Both are self-hosted document management - institutional repository and digital library software projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

InvenioRDM and Islandora are closely matched on maintenance health (44 vs 42). Neither is the safer bet on activity alone, so choose on features, licence and the stack you already run.
InvenioRDMIslandora
Health score 44/100 42/100
Commits (11 mo) 301 14
Commits (last 3 mo) 61 5
Stars 181 157
Latest release none tagged 1 Sept 2026
Licence MIT GPL-3.0
Built with Python PHP
Typical RAM 1 GB 1 GB

InvenioRDM

Highly scalable turn-key research data management platform with a beautiful user experience.

44/100
Slowing

Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.

Maintenance 21/40
Releases 13/25
Community 2/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 52% of tracked projects; popularity more than 10%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 27 commits 2025-11: 33 commits 2025-12: 22 commits 2026-01: 13 commits 2026-02: 43 commits 2026-03: 28 commits 2026-04: 53 commits 2026-05: 21 commits 2026-06: 27 commits 2026-07: 18 commits 2026-08: 16 commits

Islandora

Drupal module for browsing and managing Fedora-based digital repositories.

42/100
Slowing

Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.

Maintenance 3/40
Releases 25/25
Community 2/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 7% of tracked projects; popularity more than 10%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 0 commits 2025-11: 0 commits 2025-12: 0 commits 2026-01: 2 commits 2026-02: 2 commits 2026-03: 1 commits 2026-04: 0 commits 2026-05: 4 commits 2026-06: 3 commits 2026-07: 1 commits 2026-08: 1 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted document management - institutional repository and digital library software.