EPrints
Digital document management system with a flexible metadata and workflow model primarily aimed at academic institutions.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 24% of tracked projects; popularity more than 3%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 44 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v3.4.7 · 29 Aug 2025 |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Perl |
Is EPrints actively maintained?
EPrints is under active development: 77 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 4 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 52% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The last tagged release, v3.4.7, is over 1 year old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
EPrints ranks #6 of 6 tracked document management - institutional repository and digital library software projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What EPrints actually does
EPrints is a digital document management system designed for academic institutions to handle institutional repositories and digital libraries. It provides customisable metadata schemas and workflow models for managing scholarly outputs. The software is written in Perl and distributed under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Best fit: University libraries and research groups needing a self-hosted platform to archive and manage academic publications.
Worth knowing: The project exhibits low maintenance activity, which may present long-term security and compatibility challenges. It also overlaps with widely adopted alternatives in the institutional repository space.
Deployment notes
As a Perl-based web application, it typically requires a relational database backend and persistent storage for uploaded documents. You will also usually need to place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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