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LibreBooking – self-hosted resource reservation system

LibreBooking is a web-based resource scheduling and reservation system. It helps organisations manage bookings for rooms, equipment, facilities and other shared resources through a responsive interface.

The software is a community-developed fork of Booked Scheduler and supports multiple schedules, recurring reservations, waiting lists, access controls, quotas and usage reporting.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Schedules rooms, equipment, facilities and other shared resources.
  • Supports recurring reservations and multi-resource bookings.
  • Provides waiting lists for unavailable resources.
  • Offers role-based access control and configurable permissions.
  • Applies quotas and credits to regulate resource usage.
  • Generates granular reservation and usage reports.
  • Provides a responsive Bootstrap-based interface.
  • Supports custom themes and colour schemes.
  • Offers a plugin-ready architecture for extending functionality.
  • Integrates with Outlook, Thunderbird and other calendar software using iCalendar files.
  • Supports LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth 2 and SAML authentication.
  • Can be deployed manually or using Docker.

Website: github.com/LibreBooking/librebooking
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Developer: LibreBooking
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

LibreBooking in action
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LibreBooking is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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