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Spec score 8.7 #14 of 151 in Digital Asset Management Software

Spec sheet

Purpose
Islandora is an open-source framework for using a Drupal website as a digital asset management system.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Intended users
The Islandora community includes users and developers from galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions worldwide.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Deployment
The maker recommends Docker deployment and also provides instructions for manual installation.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Free plan
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca
Privacy
The Foundation privacy policy says using Islandora does not require providing information to the Foundation and says the software is available to download without a form or data entry.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Support
The maker directs technical questions to its user support group and lists Google Groups, GitHub Issues, Slack, and GitHub Discussions as communication channels.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Headquarters
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, CanadaRead 28 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca
API access
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca
Approval workflows
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca
Batch processing
Alpaca, based on Apache Camel, handles messaging and queueing for large batch uploads.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Content
Islandora uses Drupal nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms to create preservation-ready digital resources.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
IIIF
IIIF support lets images in Islandora be viewed in IIIF-compliant viewers.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Metadata
Islandora can expose linked data through JSON-LD and configure OAI-PMH harvesting through the Starter Site.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Metadata and tagging
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca
Microservices
Islandora's Crayfish microservices synchronize resources into Fedora and generate derivative helper files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Paid services
Professional service providers offer installation, migration, custom development, maintenance and support, and training.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Preservation
Automated installation methods provide Fedora storage and technical metadata generation with FITS.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Repository
Drupal resources can be stored in the Fedora Repository as files and RDF metadata.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Search and analytics
The documentation identifies contributed Drupal modules including Solr Search API for in-site search and Matomo Analytics for usage metrics.Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.github.io
Supported asset types
Images,documents including PDFs,audio,video,books,newspapers,binary files,compound objects,theses,journal articles,archival media,research dataRead 21 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca
Version history
YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · islandora.ca

Plans and prices

Islandora software Free Free to use; released under open-source licenses Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Adopter membership C$500 a year Billed annually Annual general meeting vote · Personalized onboarding · Service providers not eligible Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Supporter membership C$2,000 a year Billed annually Annual general meeting vote · 50% off 1 Camp registration or IslandoraCon registration per year Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Collaborator membership C$4,000 a year Billed annually Annual general meeting vote · 1 free Camp registration per year · 1 free IslandoraCon registration per year Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca
Partner membership C$10,000 a year Billed annually Annual general meeting vote · 2 free Camp registrations per year · 2 free IslandoraCon registrations per year Read 11 Oct 2026 · islandora.ca

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