Mayan (software)

Web-based document management system

Mayan EDMS

Developer(s)| Roberto Rosario[1]
Initial release| February 3, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-03)[2]
Stable release|

4.3 / July 27, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-07-27)[3]

Written in| Python
Operating system| Cross-platform
Type| Document Management System, Groupware, Open source
License| Free and open source software Apache License
Website| www.mayan-edms.com

Mayan (or Mayan EDMS) is a web-based free/libre document management system for managing documents within an organization. [4] All functionality is available in its free public version.[5][6] It has an active community of volunteers[7][8] and third-party service and support providers.[9]

Its largest installation as of June 2012 is Puerto Rico's main permit agency (20,000+ documents).[10]

## History and features

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Mayan started as a project whose only requirement was the storage of PDF files for a government agency transitioning to an all electronic registration process and has grown into a general system since then.[11][12][13]

It is designed to be easy to migrate to different physical computers.[14] It is written in Python using the Django framework. Features include document versioning,[15] electronic signature verification, multilingual support,[16] discussion tools,[17] user-defined metadata and unique identifiers, and roles support.[18]

Mayan EDMS was featured on the free software / open source (FLOSS) themed podcast FLOSS Weekly episode 253[19] aired on May 29, 2013.[20]

## See also

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* Free and open-source software portal

* Document management
* List of content management systems
* List of collaborative software

## References

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1. ^ Developer profile
2. ^ Mayan initial release commit
3. ^ Mayan EDMS version 4.3 release notes
4. ^ Full feature download
5. ^ LogicalDoc versions comparison
6. ^ Alfresco versions comparison
7. ^ Mayan Google Group
8. ^ Mayan contributors list Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ Worldwide third-party support providers
10. ^ Puerto Rico's main permit agency, document count and pagecount
11. ^ Fafamonge's Mayan review
12. ^ Barry Rowlingson's review conclusion
13. ^ Puerto Rico's central permit agency scanning station centered around Mayan
14. ^ Mayan case study by SaaS provider Appsembler
15. ^ "Document versioning documentation". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
16. ^ Mayan Transifex project page
17. ^ Mayan office document support documentation Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today
18. ^ "Mayan permission system". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
19. ^ FLOSS Weekly episode 253
20. ^ Dokumenten Management System

## External links

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* Official website
* intro video on YouTube
* Online documentation
* Mayan Google+ page and discussion group
* mayan-edms on GitHub (last commit: Aug 2022)
* mayan-edms on GitLab

Reviews

* Mayan review (English)
* Sistema de Gestión Documental (Spanish)
* личный опыт (Russian)
* Gescande documenten beheren met Mayan EDMS (Dutch)
* Linux at the office - Mayan EDM: open source document management (Dutch)
* Finances Online