I, Librarian
Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 3% of tracked projects; popularity more than 18%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 352 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 5.11.3 · 2 Dec 2025 |
| Repo updated | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | PHP |
Is I, Librarian actively maintained?
I, Librarian logged 3 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The most recent tagged release, 5.11.3, is about 10 months old.
I, Librarian ranks #14 of 18 tracked document management projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What I, Librarian actually does
I, Librarian is a self-hosted document management tool designed to organise PDF research papers and office files. It includes collaborative features intended for students and academic or industrial research groups.
Best fit: It suits small research teams or students who need a centralised, self-hosted repository to collect and share academic papers.
Worth knowing: The low maintenance health score indicates that you may encounter unpatched bugs or a lack of active community support.
Deployment notes
As a PHP application, it typically requires a web server like Apache or Nginx, a traditional relational database, and persistent storage for uploaded documents.
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