SimpleDMS
I develop SimpleDMS myself. The information on this page follows the same criteria as for all other products in the directory.
SimpleDMS is a document management system for small businesses. Tags categorize documents, while workspaces organize shared or private access to files.
It can be run on-premises or self-hosted and as SaaS. The software is actively maintained and licensed under AGPL v3. It uses Go and SQLite.
Fact Sheet
- Categories
- Status
- Actively maintained
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Operation
- On-Premises / Self-hosted
- SaaS
- Technologies
- Go
- SQLite
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Unknown: not specified
- MCP server
- Yes: Open source Source
Screenshots
The version and edition are not documented for this existing screenshot. The file name carries the date January 22, 2025.
Integrations
- Nextcloud → SimpleDMS (official)
- Website / Source code
- OpenCloud → SimpleDMS (official)
- Website / Source code
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