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DSpace vs Islandora: catalog facts
DSpace	Islandora
Free Free and open source; the site lists BSD-3-Clause.	Free Free and open-source software under GPL-3.0.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Supports institutional, subject-based, dataset, and media repositories Provides granular group-based access control	Manages and discovers digital collections Integrates with Drupal and Apache Solr
Primarily aimed at organisations managing digital collections	Built as a Drupal platform
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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