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CMDBuild

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What it is

CMDBuild is an open-source web environment for configuring custom asset-management applications. It manages asset databases and tracks asset composition, location, functional relationships, updates, and lifecycle. Configuration tools cover database modeling, workflows, reports, dashboards, external connectors, georeferencing, and administration. Other listed features include file import and export, document archives, GIS and BIM, history, task management, and scheduling. REST web services let connected applications read and write data, run operations, exchange notifications, and connect to external systems. Permissions can be assigned through user roles and scoped to data, processes, views, reports, and dashboards. The software runs on a web server and is accessed in a browser; server setup knowledge is required. Its listed minimum hardware includes 16 GB RAM, 150 GB disk per instance, and four cores, alongside PostgreSQL 17.x, Tomcat 10, and Java 17. The standard download does not include a data model, workflows, reports, or dashboards. CMDBuild is available under the AGPL, with legal notice and logo requirements for modified versions.

Spec sheet

Purpose
CMDBuild is an open-source web environment for configuring custom asset-management applications.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Deployment
CMDBuild runs on a web server and is accessed through a browser; the maker says it runs on Linux, OSX, and Windows and requires web-server setup knowledge.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Integrations
REST web services let applications read and write data, execute operations, exchange notifications, and connect to external asset, staff, ERP, infrastructure, monitoring, and IoT systems.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Support
The maker directs users to the community forum or the maintainer for assistance, and describes subscription support as including assistance, upgrades, bug fixes, a certified appliance, mobile app, and interoperability connectors.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
License
The maker says CMDBuild may be used, distributed, and edited under the GNU Affero GPL (AGPL), with specified legal notice and logo requirements for modified versions.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Access controls
Permissions can be scoped to classes, rows, columns, processes, views, filters, reports, and dashboards, and assigned through user roles.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Asset lifecycle
It manages asset databases and supports tracking asset composition, location, functional relationships, updates, and lifecycle.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Authentication
The page lists local authentication, LDAP, CAS, SAML 2.0, ADFS 4 via SAML, HTTP proxy header authentication, and custom OAuth2 authentication.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Configuration features
Native mechanisms support database modeling, workflow design, report and dashboard configuration, external connectors, georeferencing, and administration.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Core features
The feature list includes database modeling, workflow and report engines, dashboards, file import and export, document archives, GIS and BIM, history, task management, and scheduling.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Latest release
The download page offers CMDBuild 4.2.0 as the latest version and lists WAR, shell installer, extra resources, and source code.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Multitenancy
Multitenant mode can isolate tenants using either separate databases or partial divisions with some shared information.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Not included
The standard CMDBuild download does not contain a data model, workflows, reports, or dashboards; the maker points users to READY2USE for a preconfigured instance.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org
Requirements
The listed minimum hardware is a server-class computer, 16 GB RAM, 150 GB disk per instance, and four cores; software requirements include PostgreSQL 17.x, Tomcat 10, and Java 17.Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org

Plans and prices

CMDBuild Free Open-source AGPL software; requires self-hosting and server setup; data model, workflows, reports, and dashboards are not included Read 29 Sep 2026 · cmdbuild.org

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Open-source software under the AGPL.
  • Tracks asset composition, location, relationships, updates, and lifecycle.
  • REST services support data exchange and external connections.
  • Role-based permissions can be scoped across data and processes.
  • Supports multitenant isolation using separate databases or partial divisions.

Limits

  • Requires web-server setup knowledge.
  • Standard download lacks a data model, workflows, reports, and dashboards.
  • Minimum hardware lists 16 GB RAM and 150 GB disk per instance.
  • Modified versions have legal notice and logo requirements.

Who it suits

CMDBuild suits organizations that need to configure asset-management applications and have the capacity to set up and maintain a web server. It can support asset tracking, workflow configuration, and connections to external systems.

Verdict

CMDBuild provides extensive tools for configuring asset-management applications, access controls, and integrations. It requires server setup and a separate data model and configuration, or users can look to READY2USE for a preconfigured instance.

Where Specifiction places it

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