DSpace
| Original author(s) | MIT and HP Labs |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The DSpace Program (parent organization: Lyrasis) |
| Initial release | November 2002 |
| Stable release | 9.0
/ 23 May 2025 |
| Repository | https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace |
| Written in | Java |
| Type | Institutional repository software |
| License | BSD licence |
| Website | dspace |
DSpace is an open source repository software package typically used for creating open access repositories for scholarly and/or published digital content. While DSpace shares some feature overlap with content management systems and document management systems, the DSpace repository software serves a specific need as a digital archives system, focused on the long-term storage, access and preservation of digital content. The optional DSpace registry lists more than three thousand repositories all over the world.