Resources for developers

This information will be useful for those creating ArchivesSpace plugins, contributing to the core codebase, or integrating ArchivesSpace withother systems. Additional documentation is available for installing, configuring and maintaining an ArchivesSpace instance and to provide a technical overview of ArchivesSpace for evaluating technical requirements and capabilities.

If you discover errors in the documentation, or would like to suggest or contribute additional documentation, please submit an issue or pull request as appropriate.

Setting up a development environment

• Running a development version of ArchivesSpace
• Building an ArchivesSpace release
• Docker
• DB versions listed by release
• User Interface Test Suite
• Upgrading Rack for ArchivesSpace
• ArchivesSpace Releases
• Using the VS Code editor for local development

Building integrations and plugins

• ArchivesSpace Plug-ins
• Working with the ArchivesSpace Database
• Working with the ArchivesSpace API
• Customizing text in ArchivesSpace
• Theming ArchivesSpace
• Managing frontend assets with Bower

Exporting data from ArchivesSpace

• ArchivesSpace repository EAD Exporter
• ArchivesSpace XSL stylesheets
• Creating Custom Reports

Repositories and CoC

• Code of Conduct
• Main ArchivesSpace Repository
• Plugins supported by the Program Team
• Repository for community development projects
• Program Team’s Youtube channel
• Hudson Molonglo’s Youtub channel
• Sandbox - latest release
• Test Server - latest commit