ArchivesSpace
Archives information management application for managing and providing Web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects.
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Still maintained? Yes: 266 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v4.2.1 (Jul 2026).
Comparisons in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): Wayback Machine alternatives.
At a glance
ArchivesSpace quick facts
- Health score
- 81/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 447
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v4.2.1, Jul 2026
- Licence
- ECL-2.0
Top alternatives to ArchivesSpace
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ArchivesSpace scores 81/100, #13 of 19 in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP): 266 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v4.2.1, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 447 stars add 10.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
266 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v4.2.1 released 4 months ago
- Stars 10.6 / 20
447 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 266
- Last 90 days
- 992
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 19 tools in Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP) by health , between Open Archiver (#12) and Omeka S (#14) .
Details
| Licence | ECL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | v4.2.1 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 447 |
| Open issues | 95 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | archivesspace/archivesspace ↗ |
ArchivesSpace vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with ArchivesSpace (Archiving and Digital Preservation (DP)), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless-ngx | 99 | 47k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| ArchiveBox | 98 | 29k | MIT | yesterday |
| Tube Archivist | 96 | 8.6k | GPL-3.0 | 5 days ago |
| ArchivesSpace (this tool) | 81 | 447 | ECL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Omeka S | 81 | 528 | GPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
| Collective Access - Providence | 78 | 388 | GPL-3.0 | today |
ArchivesSpace: common questions
Is ArchivesSpace still maintained?
ArchivesSpace had 266 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v4.2.1, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.