PROJECT CONCORD

•  Concord is one of the biggest contract management software options that currently has over 180,000 commercial users. 
• Concord's open source contract management software is called Project Concord. 
• Project Concord asks for users to agree to using the BFT algorithm. 

congra contracts

• Conga Contracts has 850,000 commercial users. 
• Conga Contracts has an open source contract management software which requires a number of licenses which can be obtained here. The main license needed is called Apache.

contractworks

• ContractWorks is the number one provider of contract management software options with close to a million users. 

• ContractWorks offers an open source solution but does not specify whether a license is required for download.

openzeppelin

• ContractSafe is used by 400,000 different commercial users.
• OpenZeppelin is ContractSafe's version of the open source contract management software and it requires an MIT license. 

plexus classwords

• While the number of users is close to a million, Plexus raised the largest industry capital rise in 2018.
• Plexus Gateaway's open source contract management software is called Plexus Classwords. 
•  Kong is the license that is required for Plexus Classwords.

agiloft

•  Agiloft offers a free, open source version of their contract management software, on their website.
•  Agiloft installs with a free copy of the MySQL database by default, and it can also be used with the user's own licensed copy of MS SQL if preferred.
• Agiloft has been downloaded 3 million times. 

Incertis Contract Management

• Incertis Contract Management has 5.7 million downloads. 
• Incertis Contract Management offers an open source version which requires a Microsoft Azure license by default.

Dolibarr ERP/CRM

•  Dolibarr ERP/CRM is an open source and web-based ERP/CRM for small and medium-sized companies.
• It is released under the GPLv3 license. 
• This software has been downloaded close to a million times so far.

Openbravo

•  OpenBravo is an open source and web-based contract management software that requires a OBPL1 license.
• The software has been downloaded over 700,000 times. 

iDempiere

• iDempiere is an open source and web-based contract management software that requires a GPLv2 license.
• The software has been downloaded over 500,000 times. 

Research methodology

Contract and Documentation Management Systems

• Depending on the needs of an organization and its size, documentation management systems and contract management systems can serve the same purpose.
• Open source contract and document management software packages generally use either an LGPL, AGPL, or GPL license agreement.
• The Jarvis Legal family of software, including the free version, are considered by Capterra to be contract management systems for small and medium legal offices.
• Since the release of Maarch Courrier version 1.4, the software has grown from being primarily focused on email management to document management, including contracts more generally.

Open Source Contract Management Software

• webERP has seen 26,111 downloads via SourceForge (its primary download site) in the last year.
• OpenSourceCM has a 4.4 out of 5-star rating on GetApp with over 1,000 engaged users via Facebook.
• LogicalDOC has seen 38,049 downloads in the last year via its primary download site, SourceForge.
• Predictive Analytics Today rates the Alfresco Activiti business process management system a 9.3 out of 10, noting its widespread use in a variety of business processes and environments (scale, sector, function) worldwide.
• The Kimios document management system software has seen a total of 2,319 downloads in the past year, with the highest frequency in the United States.
• The Maarch Courrier document management system has seen a total of 1,997 downloads on SourceForge in the past year.
• Predictive Analytics Today rates the Jarvis Legal document and case management system a 7.6 out of 10, noting its effective functionality for smaller firms.
• The ]project-open[ project management software system (including the enterprise free software which is integrated into all download packages) has seen a total of 24,645 downloads in the last year.
• The bitfarm-Archiv document management system has seen a total of 728 downloads in the last year, with a total of 25,000 downloads since 2009.
• The CiviCRM relationship management software package (the parent to the CiviHR extension for contract and personnel management) has had a total of 12,003 downloads in the last year.

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