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digilib - The Digital Image Library
digilib is a flexible image server and image viewing environment for the internet:
- scaling image server that supports big images and deep zoom image clients
- works with any image format supported by Java: TIFF, JPEG, PNG,...
- IIIF API compatible
- multi-platform Java server for easy deployment
Check out all the details in the documentation.
How to run digilib (using Docker)
Requirements:
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 robcast/digilib
Then open https://localhost:8080/digilib/digilib.html in your browser.
Please see the documentation on using the digilib Docker image.
How to build and run digilib (using Java)
Requirements:
git clone https://github.com/robcast/digilib.git
cd digilib
mvn jetty:run-exploded --projects frontend-jquery
Then open http://localhost:8080/digilib/digilib.html in your browser.
Please see the full build and install documentation.
digilib resources
- Source code
- Issue tracker
- Docker images
- Javadoc
- Maven repository (
https://robcast.github.io/digilib-repo/maven-repo/
)
Full documentation can be found on the digilib documentation pages.
What is digilib?
digilib
is a web based client/server technology for images. The image content is processed on-the-fly by a Java Servlet on the server side so that only the visible portion of the image is sent to the web browser on the client side.digilib
supports a wide range of image formats and viewing options on the server side while only requiring an internet browser with Javascript and a low bandwidth internet connection on the client side.digilib
enables very detailed work on an image as required by scholars with elaborate viewing features like an option to show images on the screen in their original size.digilib
facilitates cooperation of scholars over the internet and novel uses of source material by image annotations and stable references that can be embedded in URLs.digilib
facilitates federation of image servers through a standards compliant IIIF image API.digilib
is Open Source Software under the Lesser General Public License, jointly developed by the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, the Bibliotheca Hertziana, the University of Bern and others.