EPrints Free Software

Hi, my name is Christopher Gutteridge and I am the lead developer for EPrints. Meet my team

EPrints is both a practical tool and the crystallization of a philosophy. It enables research to be accessible to all, and provides the foundation for all academic institutions to create their own research repositories.

EPrints is a great piece of software but we have plans to make it better still. With the new EPrints Community initiative we will be able to work closely with new and existing users to address their needs and concerns, and allow them to help set our priorities. Working towards a more modular design will make it easier for the community to build and share extensions.

I was pleased to recently receive the UK Unix and Open Systems User Group 2005 Award for the development of EPrints.

You can email me at: cjg@ecs.soton.ac.uk

"EPrints is quick to install, easy to configure, and needs minimal maintenance. Once installed, it simply works without fuss. There simply isn't a contest."
Arthur Sale, University of Tasmania, 2005

"EPrints is comparatively mature and easier to install, customize and maintain."
Sukhdev Singh and Naina Pandita, OpenMED@NIC, 2005

"EPrints is the best candidate for a self-configuring solution for institutions wanting to set up and host their own repository."
Richard Wyles, et al., Open Access Repositories in New Zealand, 2006

More testimonials

Introducing EPrints 3

How do you build on the world's most popular repository software? Keep innovating. EPrints 3 is a major leap forward in functionality, giving even more control and flexibility to repository managers, depositors, researchers and technical administrators. Read more

Demonstration Sites

Our demonstration site allows you to try the features of our EPrints software. Detailed help is provided.

You can also see how EPrints users worldwide have configured their repositories to meet their diverse requirements.

Get EPrints

Download the latest EPrints release. Documentation is available on the wiki.

EPrints 3 can now be run on a Windows platform - installation instructions on the wiki

Support

Premium Support Services

For premium support and training, see EPrints services.

Announcements Mailing List

This list is used to announce new versions of the EPrints software, and major news. It is not a discussion list.

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Technical Mailing List

This is the technical discussion list for people who are using EPrints and/or are interested in the technical side of the software - getting it working, customising it and new directions for the next version.

The technical discussion list is archived online.

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"For an open source product the quality of support is excellent. The eprints tech list is a great free resource and almost all of my eprints questions in the past have been answered via a post onto the list."
Christian McGee, University of Tasmania, 2007

Wiki

The EPrints Wiki allows EPrints users and developers to share tips, scripts, patches and how-to's. This supplements the mailing list and the formal documentation.