OpenDocMan is a web-based document management system written in PHP.
It’s aimed at organizations that need a self-hosted way to manage controlled documents, particularly in environments that care about standards-oriented document handling such as ISO 17025 and OIE use cases. The software runs on a typical PHP web stack with MySQL or MariaDB, and current releases also support Docker-based deployment together with automated installation and upgrade tooling.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Upload documents directly from a web browser.
- Apply department-level and individual user permissions to files.
- Track document revisions and maintain a history of changes.
- Send new and updated documents through a review process.
- Search by metadata, author, department, category, filename, and comments.
- Support custom document properties, file expiration, and review-related email notifications.
Website: github.com/opendocman/opendocman
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Developer: OpenDocMan
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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