Blacklight is a free and open source ruby-on-rails based discovery interface (a.k.a. “next-generation catalog”) especially optimized for heterogeneous collections. You can use it as a library catalog, as a front end for a digital repository, or as a single-search interface to aggregate digital content that would otherwise be siloed.
Required Ruby Version
None
Authors
Jonathan Rochkind, Matt Mitchell, Chris Beer, Jessie Keck, Jason Ronallo, Vernon Chapman, Mark A. Matienzo, Dan Funk
Versions
- 9.1.0 September 04, 2026 (367 KB)
- 9.0.0 November 25, 2025 (353 KB)
- 9.0.0.beta8 October 30, 2025 (358 KB)
- 9.0.0.beta7 August 11, 2025 (355 KB)
- 9.0.0.beta6 July 23, 2025 (354 KB)
- 3.3.0 March 20, 2012 (2.54 MB)