Digital collections platforms allow scholars to create new works in the form of online collections, archives, digital museum exhibits, multimedia-rich books and more. This guide provides a comparison of several popular open source options for creating dig
Omeka is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. Omeka.net is the software as a service version of Omeka. Free and paid versions.
Omeka Classic is a web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits. It is open source, but requires the user to set up their own web hosting. Free.
Omeka S is a next-generation web publishing platform for institutions interested in connecting digital cultural heritage collections with other resources online. It is open source, but requires the user to set up their own hosting. Free.
Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that’s designed for authors to write long-form, born-digital scholarship online. Free.
CollectionBuilder is an open source tool for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that are driven by metadata and powered by modern static web technology. Free.
AudiAnnotate is a project to publish and share annotations on audio files using IIIF and GitHub Pages. It could be used to create digital editions with audio. Free.
FromThePage is software for creating transcriptions and translations. It has an export to static site option that could be used to create digital editions.