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.

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:

2025-07-02 14:58:27

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.1.1 V4.1.1]

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2025-05-14 15:55:37

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.1.0 v4.1.0]

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2025-05-02 04:30:43

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.0.0 V4.0.0]

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Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-01-27 16:23:32

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/a967888d0ebb180ab4364163f254a0d884d8bc32 ANW-2519 fix flakey specs (#3890)]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios

2026-01-27 16:15:58

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/6bd05b87da63190a1a2a99aa7e1a094be0fc1fcc ANW-1023: Default Top Container values (#3732)]

by cpapazoglou https://github.com/cpapazoglou

2026-01-26 19:32:26

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/6c4365285b5d1e0e284f8a941ec40fe794bc16c0 Merge pull request #3892 from archivesspace/ANW-2600-record-toolbar-a…]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios

2026-01-26 11:01:59

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/14c9f3ef41215e3869c659a85cd4b7900dc9c02e ANW-2600 Fix staff ARKS modal accessibility errors]

by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip

2026-01-26 09:42:02

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/8b70995e84bcead8a12c1472a2db2a5fb9d9b93a Merge pull request #3891 from archivesspace/common_enums]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios