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Mayan EDMS vs SeedDMS: catalog facts
Mayan EDMS	SeedDMS
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting and support are…	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Workflows, metadata and permissions that real document management needs OCR-backed full-text search across every stored document	Workflows and detailed access rights Long development history
Heavy for personal use; it expects several services running The interface is functional rather than friendly	Requires a PHP server setup More complex than minimal personal archives
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Account 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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