Across the world, archives, libraries and record offices are moving off proprietary, licence-locked systems and onto open-source platforms — AtoM, ArchivesSpace, Koha, Archivematica, eScriptorium, Omeka and others. These migrations happen quietly, one institution at a time, and the accounts of them are scattered across conference talks, journal articles, blog posts and vendor case studies.
The Archive Migration Review gathers those accounts in one place. For each migration we write a short, original summary and link to the original source, so that any archivist weighing the same decision can see who has already made it — and learn from how it went.
The Review does not sell software or hosting, and is not affiliated with any of the open-source projects or institutions it documents. Naming a system is not an endorsement of it; every migration has trade-offs, and where sources describe difficulties we keep them in.
Every entry is written in our own words — typically 80 to 150 words — and carries a prominent link to the original source. Where a source may move or disappear, we also link to a snapshot on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine so the record survives. We do not republish others' text wholesale.
Our summaries are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). The original sources remain the property of their respective authors and publishers, and are linked, not reproduced.
If we have mischaracterised a migration, or you represent an institution featured here and would like something amended, we want to know. See the Contribute page.
The Review is edited by a qualified archivist working in digital preservation and open-source archival systems. That background informs how stories are selected and summarised — but the aim of the site is reference, not promotion. If you run open-source archival infrastructure and want to suggest a migration we've missed, please do.