OPALS vs SLiMS

OPALS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

SLiMS is a library management system for libraries and librarians, with tools for catalog search, circulation, inventory and reports. Its online public access catalog supports cover thumbnails and simple or advanced search. Bibliographic records can include document and media attachments, and record details are available in MODS XML and JSON-LD; OPAC feeds include RSS XML and OAI-PMH Dublin Core. Circulation covers loans, returns, reservations, quick returns, configurable loan rules and membership management. Stocktaking, reporting and statistics support inventory work. The maker lists Union Catalog Server, Nayanes, and Sphinx Search and MongoDB support for catalog-related integrations and indexing. Release 9.8.0 adds fuzzy and Sphinx search options and PDF report export. SLiMS is free, with a listed price of free. Source installation is available for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS, while Portable SLiMS is for Windows only. Listed minimum requirements include Apache 2.4, MySQL 5.7 or MariaDB 10.3 or later, PHP 8.3, and PHP GD, gettext and mbstring.