Most Popular Open Source and free Library Management Software

Most Popular Open Source

and free Library Management Software

1. Koha

Koha is a full-featured open-source ILS. Developed initially in New Zealand by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January of 2000 for Horowhenua Library Trust, Koha is currently maintained by a team of software providers and library technology staff from around the globe. The name comes from a Māori term for a gift or donation.

2. Evergreen

The Evergreen Project develops an open source ILS (integrated library system) used by more than 2,000 libraries around the world.The Evergreen Project was initiated by the Georgia Public Library System in 2006 to serve their need for a scalable catalog shared by (as of now) more than 275 public libraries in the state of Georgia.

3. OPALS

OPALS is a proven, open-source automated library system. Whether your library has hundreds of resources or millions, there is likely a library just like yours that has adopted OPALS. Well over 2000 libraries around the world use OPALS every day to manage library resources that hundreds of thousands of library members can access on the Web in their institutions, at home or at a local cafe.

OPALS Support and Hosting

Media Flex supports OPALS in the United States. There are no license fees for OPALS and reasonably priced subscription fees and Internet hosting services provide funding for the outstanding support and computer engineering staff. Bibliofiche provides support & services to Canadian and international libraries.

4. OpenBiblio

Openbiblio was created in 2002 by Dave Stevens, who was interested in creating an easy-to-use, well-documented, easy-to-install library system.The current maintainer is Hans van der Weij. After 2017, the current version with a variety of options and bugfixes was published on https://openbiblio.de/

5. NewGenLib

NewGenLib is an integrated library management system developed by Verus Solutions Pvt Ltd. Domain expertise is provided by Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management in Hyderabad, India. NewGenLib version 1.0 was released in March 2005. On 9 January 2008, NewGenLib was declared free and open-source under GNU GPL.The latest version of NewGenLib is 3.1.1 released on 16 April 2015.