I, Librarian
I, Librarian is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Document Management category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It has 356 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Dec 2, 2025 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 356
- Forks
- 32
- Open issues
- 16
- Commits, last 12 months
- 3
- Last commit
- Dec 2, 2025
- Latest release
- 5.11.3Dec 2, 2025
- Created
- Apr 7, 2020
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Dec 2, 2025.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Dec 2, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 3 |
| Latest release | 5.11.3 (Dec 2, 2025) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 |
| Releases, all time | 31 |
| Open issues | 16 |
| Open pull requests | 3 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Apr 7, 2020 |
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About I, Librarian
Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free.
Topics
- pdf-viewer
- php
- saas
- document-management
- remote-work
- pubmed
- nasa
- ieee
- crossref
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Is I, Librarian free and open source?
Yes. I, Librarian 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 I, Librarian with Docker?
I, Librarian 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 I, Librarian?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to I, Librarian include Stirling-PDF, Paperless-ngx and Docuseal.
Is I, Librarian actively maintained?
The most recent commit to I, Librarian was on Dec 2, 2025 with 3 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 5.11.3, published Dec 2, 2025. It had 16 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.