Software for controlled vocabularies

This wiki page (linked from https://bartoc.gbv.de/software) is be used to collect basic information about software for controlled vocabularies.

Feel free to add, update and extend!

What belongs into the list?

• The software should be primarily for editing, viewing and/or analyzing controlled vocabularies
• Software limited to manage simple terminologies and glossaries are not included
• Each software is cataloged with
  • Name
  • URL: homepage
  • OS: operating system or "Web" if it's a web application
  • edit: whether vocabularies can be modified with the software
  • api: whether the software provides an API
  • language: programming language (if known)
  • license: Open Source License (if it's Open Source)
  • repository: Link to source code repository (if available)
  • update: Year of latest update of the software

Existing lists

• Open Source KOS software
• Open Source web applications for Knowledge Organization Systems (2016)
• W3C SKOS Implementation Report (2009) - the first one, now quite outdated but could be useful as reference
• http://recremisi.blogspot.de/p/acrolinxterminology-lifecycle.html and http://term-portal.de/en/software-en/terminology-management.html for terminology software (excluded here)

Individual software

Name & URL	OS	edit	api	language	license	repository	update
Semantic MediaWiki	Web	yes	yes	PHP	GPL	GitHub	2023
Wikibase	Web	yes	yes	PHP	GPL	Wikimedia	2023
TemaTres	Web	yes	yes	PHP	GPL	GitHub	2023
iQvoc	Web	yes	yes	Ruby	Apache	GitHub	2023
VocBench	Web	yes	yes	Java & JavaScript	BSD	Bitbucket	2023
Skosmos	Web	no	yes	PHP	MIT	GitHub	2023
Cocoda	Web	no	no	JavaScript	MIT	GitHub	2023
JSKOS Server	Web	yes	yes	JavaScript	MIT	GitHub	2023
SkoHub Vocabs	Web	yes	yes	JavaScript	Apache	GitHub	2022
OpenTheso	Web	yes	yes	Java	GPL	GitHub	2023
Jekyll RDF	Web	no	yes	Ruby	MIT	GitHub	2023
Ontology Look-up Service (OLS)	Web	no	yes	JavaScript & Java	Apache	GitHub	2023
OntoPortal Appliance	Web	?	yes	Ruby	BSD	GitHub	2023
ShowVoc	Web	no	no	JavaScript	BSD	Bitbucket	2023
VocExcel	Web	no	no	Python	GPL	GitHub	2023
PoolParty Thesaurus Server	Web	yes	yes	Java	Closed Source	-	2023
Atramhasis	Web	yes	yes	Python	GPL	GitHub	2023
Snowstorm	Web	no	yes	Java	Apache	GitHub	2023
Network of Terms	Web	no	yes	Typescript	EUPL	GitHub	2023
Web Protégé	Web	yes	no	Java	BSD	GitHub	2022
VoCol	Web	yes	no	JavaScript	MIT	GitHub	2021
Django Controlled Vocabularies	Web	no	no	Python	BSD	GitHub	2022
Vocabseditor	Web	yes	no	Python	MIT	GitHub	2022
VocPrez	Web	no	yes	Python	GPL	GitHub	2021
VocPub Profile	RDF	no	no	SHACL	CC0	GitHub	2022
Skosify	CLI	no	yes	Python	MIT	GitHub	2021
OpenSKOS	Web	no	yes	PHP	GPL	GitHub	2020
SISSVoc	Web	no	yes	XSLT	Apache	GitHub	2019
qSKOS	CLI	no	yes	Java	GPL	GitHub	2018
SKOS Play	Web	no	no	Java	CC-BY-SA	Bitbucket	2018
Ginco	Web	yes	yes	Java	CeCILL	GitHub	2017/2022
SKOSjs	Web	yes	no	JavaScript	Apache	GitHub	2017/2022
SKOS Editor	Web	yes	yes	Java	LGPL	GitHub	2016
ASKOSI	Web	no	?	Java	GPL	Archive	2011
ThManager	?	yes	?	Java	LGPL	SourceForge	2006
sheet2rdf	?	yes	?	Python	Apache	GitHub	2021

More to add:

• xTree
• DANTE
• OntoBee (2018)
• HIVE Vocabulary Server (2015)
• OntoServer (Closed source, free in Australia)

Related software

The following software products support editing, viewing and/or analyzing controlled vocabularies but not as a core feature. They might be used for controlled vocabularies as well.

Name & URL	OS	edit	api	language	license	repository	update
Aristotle Metadata Registry	Web	yes	yes	Python/Django	Closed Source	Github	2021
PoolParty Semantic Suite	?	yes	?	?	Closed Source	-
Apelon TermManager	Web	mappings	?	?	Closed Source	-	2021
Protégé	Java	yes	?	Java	BSD	GitHub	2021
excel2rdf	-	yes	no	Python	GPL	GitHub	2021
TopBraid Composer	?	yes	?	?	Closed Source	-	2021

Other generic software also used to manage controlled vocabularies:

• Excel, Google Sheets or other spreadsheet software
• Drupal