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When comparing Alfresco vs Fedora Commons, the Slant community recommends Alfresco for most people. In the question“What are the best digital asset management (DAM) solutions?” Alfresco is ranked 2nd while Fedora Commons is ranked 76th.
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Pros
Pro Open source
Pro Free version available
Licensed under LGPL v3.
Pro Flexible metadata
Assets can be classified and marked with aspects, tags, categories. New aspects (sets of metadata) can be created and added to assets.
Pro Self-host and SaaS versions available
Pro Open source
The license allows for free use and even redistribution of modified software, which can be useful for affiliated libraries for instance.
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Con UI
The default admin UI feels a bit old. Many institutions use the APIs instead.