DocMGR is a free web based document management system (DMS), supporting all easily available and accessible file formats. The free document management system supports full text indexing and storage of any type of file format. The database of DocMGR runs on Postgresql and the whole structure of the free administration software is based on client server method to make it easy to manage documents online.
Other free administration software to manage documents includes DoPDF and Crocodoc.
Requirements for DocMGR:
Server:
- PHP 5.2 server along with enabled zip and mbstring in this free document management system
- Postgresql 8.4
- Imagemagick
- OpenOffice 3.0
- And apache server for optimal webdav support in order to easily manage documents online in almost any type of file format
Client:
- The full interface of the free administration software is designed in Javascript so IE 7, Firefox 2.0or Safari 4.0 are at least required. For editing MS Office docs in browser you also require an ActiveX enabled browser.
The installation procedure of DocMGR is quite easy and detailed steps have been explained to the users in the manual. so that they can use the free administration software easily.
You just need to keep in mind that the above requirements are fulfilled before using the free document management system. If you are downloading from server side into the free web based document management system, than you need to install relevant server components to compile the DocMGR application and manage documents online. The installation also accompanies with wizard set-up. DocMGR requires some standard Unix programs and PHP binary for indexing files in any type of file format.
The unique feature of DocMGR is Tsearch2 indexing. If your documentary repository has grown so far that DocMGR’s PHP simple indexing is not sufficient then you must try Tsearch2 indexing system for full text support in the free web based document management system.
Your searches will be faster and will be ranked by this free administration software. You can easily create back-up files and restore your Tsearch2 –based database with sql patch which goes well with DocMGR. Tsearch2 is ideal for an efficient free document management system to manage documents online.
In DocMGR, real documents are stored in the free document management system while doc information is stored in the database for fast retrieval. DocMGR is available in a number of languages and you can translate it into any language for your convenience including new ones.
The free administration software supports LDAP authentication, the ability to alter objects for storage in the system, workflow and subscriptions. The interface of DocMGR has been updated for easy access and understanding. You can also perform advanced search, browse collections with thumbnails, import files in almost any type of file format, administration of your account and view your file properties to manage documents online.
Other examples of free administration software include DreamCoder, Fing and SQL-Ledger.