DSpace
Turnkey repository application providing durable access to digital resources.
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Still maintained? Yes: 559 commits in the last 90 days, latest release dspace-10.1 (Sep 2026).
At a glance
DSpace quick facts
- Health score
- 82/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,105
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- dspace-10.1, Sep 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
Top alternatives to DSpace
In its own words
The project's README opens: "DSpace open source software is a turnkey repository application used by more than 2,000 organizations and institutions worldwide to provide durable access to digital resources. For more information, visit https://dspace.org/."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
DSpace scores 82/100, #1 of 6 in Document Management - Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software: 559 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (dspace-10.1, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,105 stars add 12.2 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
559 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
dspace-10.1 released 2 months ago
- Stars 12.2 / 20
1.1k 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
- 559
- Last 90 days
- 2,347
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 6 tools in Document Management - Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software by health , just above Samvera Hyrax (#2) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Java |
| Latest release | dspace-10.1 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 1,105 |
| Open issues | 548 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | DSpace/DSpace ↗ |
DSpace vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with DSpace (Document Management - Institutional Repository and Digital Library Software), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSpace (this tool) | 82 | 1.1k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| Samvera Hyrax | 79 | 201 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Fedora Commons Repository | 65 | 253 | Apache-2.0 | today |
| InvenioRDM | 54 | 185 | MIT | yesterday |
| Islandora | 48 | 158 | GPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
| EPrints | 44 | 45 | GPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
DSpace: common questions
Is DSpace still maintained?
DSpace had 559 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, dspace-10.1, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.