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Overview

DSpace open source software is a turnkey repository application used by more than 2,000 organizations and institutions worldwide to provide durable access to digital resources. For more information, visit http://www.dspace.org/

DSpace consists of both a Java-based backend and an Angular-based frontend.

• Backend (this codebase) provides a REST API, along with other machine-based interfaces (e.g. OAI-PMH, SWORD, etc)
  • The REST Contract is at https://github.com/DSpace/RestContract
• Frontend (https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/) is the User Interface built on the REST API

Prior versions of DSpace (v6.x and below) used two different UIs (XMLUI and JSPUI). Those UIs are no longer supported in v7 and above.

• A maintenance branch for older versions is still available, see dspace-6_x for 6.x maintenance.

Downloads

• Backend (REST API): https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases
• Frontend (User Interface): https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/releases

Documentation / Installation

Documentation for each release may be viewed online or downloaded via our Documentation Wiki.

The latest DSpace Installation instructions are available at: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC9x/Installing+DSpace

Please be aware that, as a Java web application, DSpace requires a database (PostgreSQL) and a servlet container (usually Tomcat) in order to function. More information about these and all other prerequisites can be found in the Installation instructions above.

Running DSpace 9 in Docker

NOTE: At this time, we do not have production-ready Docker images for DSpace. That said, we do have quick-start Docker Compose scripts for development or testing purposes.

See Running DSpace 9 with Docker Compose

Contributing

See Contributing documentation

Getting Help

DSpace provides public mailing lists where you can post questions or raise topics for discussion. We welcome everyone to participate in these lists:

• dspace-community@googlegroups.com : General discussion about DSpace platform, announcements, sharing of best practices
• dspace-tech@googlegroups.com : Technical support mailing list. See also our guide for How to troubleshoot an error.
• dspace-devel@googlegroups.com : Developers / Development