SeedDMS is an easy to use, free and open source, document management system sporting a web based user interface. It is based on PHP and MySQL or sqlite3 and runs on Linux, MacOS and Windows.
It’s a mature, powerful and enterprise ready platform for sharing and storing documents.
SeedDMS is fully compatible with its predecessor LetoDMS.
Key Features
- Manage documents.
- Workflow engine offering arbitrary self-defined workflows.
- Control approval and review of documents.
- Fulltext search.
- Access rights.
- Additional metadata such as author, keywords, a description, and arbitrary attributes.
- WebDAV access.
- RestAPI.
Website: www.seeddms.org
Support: SourceForge Project Page
Developer: Uwe Steinmann
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

SeedDMS is written in PHP and JavaScript. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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