Best Free and Open Source Library Management Software

Free and Open Source Library Management Software is an application that allows automation of libraries and book databases.

KOHA

Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base.

KOHA

EVERGREEN-ILS

Evergreen ILS – Evergreen – Open Source Library Software. Evergreen, a highly-scalable software for libraries that helps library patrons find library materials, and helps libraries manage, catalog, and circulate those materials, no matter how large or complex the libraries.

EVERGREEN-ILS

BIBLIOTEQ

BiblioteQ strives to be a professional cataloging and library management suite, utilizing a Qt interface and providing connectivity to PostgreSQL and SQLite.

BIBLIOTEQ

OPALSINFO

OPALS is a proven, open-source automated library system. Whether your library has hundreds of resources or millions, there is likely a library just like yours that has adopted OPALS. Well over 2000 libraries around the world use OPALS every day to manage library resources that hundreds of thousands of library members can access on the Web in their institutions, at home or at a local cafe.

OPALSINFO

FOLIO

FOLIO – The Future of Libraries is Open. The library community is joining in partnership to innovate, develop a new open source library services platform and transform library technology.