# I, Librarian

> I, Librarian is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the document management category. Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia. It has 353 GitHub stars, is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free |
| Website | https://i-librarian.net/ |
| Demo | https://eu1.i-librarian.net/demo |
| GitHub stars | 353 |
| Forks | 31 |
| Open issues | 17 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | PHP |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Categories | Document Management |
| Commits, last 12 months | 3 |
| Last commit | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Latest release | 5.11.3 (Dec 2, 2025) |
| Created | Apr 7, 2020 |
| Maintenance | Maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: pdf, pdf-viewer, php, saas, document-management, remote-work, pubmed, nasa, ieee, crossref

## Install

I, Librarian installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/mkucej/i-librarian-free.

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