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Mayan EDMS vs Alfresco Community Edition: catalog facts
Mayan EDMS	Alfresco Community Edition
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting and support are…	Free Community Edition is free under the LGPL; commercial Alfresco editions are sold by Hyland.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Workflows, metadata and permissions that real document management needs OCR-backed full-text search across every stored document	Mature document repository with REST and CMIS APIs Self-hosted with full control over data
Heavy for personal use; it expects several services running The interface is functional rather than friendly	Complex to deploy and administer Product site mainly promotes paid enterprise editions
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: LGPL-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 September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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