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Collective Access - Providence

Collective Access - Providence is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Archiving category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It has 386 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 23, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/collectiveaccess/providence

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
386
Forks
198
Open issues
173
Commits, last 12 months
1,141
Last commit
Oct 23, 2026
Latest release
2.0.11Mar 16, 2026
Created
May 15, 2012
License
GPL-3.0Open source

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ActiveActive: last commit Oct 23, 2026, 1,141 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 23, 2026
Commits, last 12 months1,141
Latest release2.0.11 (Mar 16, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months2
Releases, all time43
Open issues173
Open pull requests14
Good first issues0
Contributing guideNo
Security policyYes
CreatedMay 15, 2012

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About Collective Access - Providence

Highly configurable Web-based framework for management, description, and discovery of digital and physical collections supporting a variety of metadata standards, data types, and media formats.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/collectiveaccess/providence.

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FAQ

Collective Access - Providence FAQ

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Is Collective Access - Providence free and open source?

Yes. Collective Access - Providence is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Collective Access - Providence with Docker?

Collective Access - Providence does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.

What are the best alternatives to Collective Access - Providence?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Collective Access - Providence include Paperless-ngx, ArchiveBox and Wallabag.

Is Collective Access - Providence actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Collective Access - Providence was on Oct 23, 2026 with 1,141 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 2.0.11, published Mar 16, 2026. It had 173 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.