OpenDocMan
OpenDocMan is a web-based open-source document management system built with PHP.
It can be run on-premises or self-hosted and as SaaS. The software is actively maintained and licensed under GPL-2.0. It uses PHP, MySQL, and MariaDB.
Fact Sheet
- Categories
- Status
- Actively maintained
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Operation
- On-Premises / Self-hosted
- SaaS
- Technologies
- PHP
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- Development started
- Unknown, 2012 at the latest
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Unknown: not specified
- MCP server
- Unknown: not specified
Hosting & Support
According to the vendor, the enterprise offering adds installation, ongoing updates, and professional support. This does not indicate a proprietary extension of the GPL core. The separately marketed SecureDocMan offers additional features that are not automatically part of OpenDocMan.
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