Self-host AtoM
v2.10.2Standards-based archival description and access platform
- Stars
- 304
- CPU
- 2 vCPUs @ 2.3GHz
- RAM
- 7GB
- Storage
- 50GB minimum for core stack plus more for digital objects
- Port
- 9000 (PHP-FPM (internal container port))
- Requires
- Apache FOP, Elasticsearch, Ffmpeg, Ghostscript, ImageMagick, Java, MySQL, Pdftotext (poppler-utils), PHP
What is AtoM?
This open-source platform provides archival institutions with a web-based system for describing and sharing collections online. It follows International Council on Archives standards and handles multilingual, multi-repository environments. Key functions include metadata import and export using common archival formats, managing digital objects with automatic derivative creation, producing finding aids, and offering a translation interface. The stack requires Linux with PHP 8, MySQL, Elasticsearch, and Gearman. Docker Compose simplifies development setup. Authentication options include local accounts plus CAS, LDAP, and OpenID Connect. Licensed under AGPL-3.0.
Should you self-host AtoM?
AtoM scores 56/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #6 of 12 in Archiving & Preservation. It has 304 GitHub stars.
It shipped 5 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v2.7.3-hotfix.1, came out on 26 August 2026. New versions land roughly every 1 days.
Setup is advanced: plan for several services and some ongoing maintenance. It is AGPL-3.0-licensed and written mostly in PHP.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is ArchiveBox (79/100, 28 896 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See AtoM vs ArchiveBox side by side.
Features
- Asynchronous job processing
- CAS authentication
- Command-line administration tools
- Digital Object Management
- Finding aid generation
- Full-Text Search
- Import/export (EAD, EAC-CPF, CSV, SKOS)
- LDAP Authentication
- Multilingual Support
- Multi-repository support
- OAI-PMH repository
- OIDC Authentication
- Standards-based archival description
- Web-based interface
AtoM README
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