ArchivesSpace

ArchivesSpace is the next-generation web-based archives information management system, designed by archivists and supported by diverse archival repositories.
Homepage:	http://www.archivesspace.org/
License:	Educational Community License, version 2.0.
Input Formats:	METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)
Output Formats:	METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)
Function:	Access,Metadata Processing
Content type:	Metadata

Description

ArchivesSpace is an open source, web application for managing archives information. The application is designed to support core functions in archives administration such as accessioning; description and arrangement of processed materials including analog, hybrid, and born-digital content; management of authorities (agents and subjects) and rights; and reference service. The application supports collection management through collection management records, tracking of events, and a growing number of administrative reports. The application also functions as a metadata authoring tool, enabling the generation of EAD, MARCXML, MODS, Dublin Core, and METS formatted data.

ArchivesSpace dates from June 2009 when representatives of New York University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of California San Diego, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation agreed to integrate the Archivists' Toolkit and Archon into a single application in order to increase overall functionality within a single application and to optimize sustainability of the application. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provided generous funding for the first two phases of the ArchivesSpace program. A planning phase ran from January 2010 to June 2011, during which functional specifications were drafted, a business plan was formulated, and an organizational home was secured. A development phase ran from July 2011 to September 2013, culminating in the release of ArchivesSpace 1.0 on September 30, 2013. There have been nine releases of ArchivesSpace since the 1.0 release, all of which have served to both advance the integration of the Archivists' Toolkit and Archon and to introduce new functionality not present in either of those precursor applications. Source: http://archivesspace.org/overview

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/commits

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2026-07-10 12:50:44

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.2.1 V4.2.1]

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2026-04-07 12:59:37

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.2.0 V4.2.0]

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2026-03-16 19:35:39

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.2.0-RC1 V4.2.0-RC1]

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Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-07-10 13:28:01

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/af719de7dd85f2fa79741ca26bde54b10c727331 ANW-2049 Add multiple file versions via DO import csv template (#4147)]

by Zeff https://github.com/Zeff

2026-07-09 17:33:30

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/ce171aded45233853183a77865542fd2051f6a2c Merge pull request #4184 from archivesspace/frontend_locales]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios

2026-07-09 17:29:15

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7190ae84ad10d11cae7c6f80b606e43a6ef7d9af Update translation files]

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2026-07-09 17:14:36

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/72cbc14ebb474550a688eefa3ae9355866feecd4 public translated using Weblate (Portuguese)]

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2026-07-09 17:14:36

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7c45c83e9adde8b08b996aa2b0e4f8d03c1a2483 frontend_help translated using Weblate (Spanish)]

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