CollectiveAccess version 1.3 is composed of a core cataloguing and data management application called Providence and an optional public web-access application called Pawtucket. (Other optional applications are coming later in 2013 - see the roadmap for details). If you are starting out with CollectiveAccess, your first download should be Providence, which provides all of the "back-end" cataloguing and data management functionality you'll need to manage a collection.

Once you have a working Providence installation, you can publish your collection online using Pawtucket. Pawtucket is a generalized version of the software that runs Wir Waren So Frei, GVSU Art Gallery Online and other public collections sites.

If you want to try out a full working CollectiveAccess Providence and Pawtucket installation on your Macintosh or Windows PC without the hassle of setting up a server try the QuickStart packages. The packages include all of the basic prerequisites and a pre-configured DublinCore-based installation of CollectiveAccess. It includes both the Providence cataloguing application and Pawtucket publishing interface. Just download to you computer, unpack and click on the start button. Easy!
Note: QuickStart packages are intended for single-user evaluation only. If you plan to use CollectiveAccess for a real project it is strongly recommended that you install the standard application packages on appropriate server hardware

Providence — core cataloguing and data management application

Download Providence 1.3 (.tgz file)

Current Version: 1.3

Download is a 35mb Tar-GZip'ed (tgz) file with an MD5 signature of 995f47634c096c4dbf90912740ac308a

Installation instructions, upgrade instructions and release notes can be found on the project wiki.

You can access the latest Providence development code on GitHub at http://github.com/collectiveaccess/providence.

Pawtucket — public web-access application

Download Pawtucket 1.3 (.tgz file)

Current Version: 1.3

Download is a 28mb Tar-GZip'ed (tgz) file with an MD5 signature of 8588aa351656c3ea161e4532d4204eb9

Installation instructions can be found on the project wiki. Release notes are also available.

You can access the latest Pawtucket development code on GitHub at http://github.com/collectiveaccess/pawtucket.

QuickStart — preconfigured easy-to-install-and-run evaluation packages

Download QuickStart for Mac OS X

Current Mac OS X Version: 1.3

Download is a 211mb DMG (disk image) with an MD5 signature of a55ea719e7f121e463e7a2ffc4baf1b7

After download drag the "MAMP" folder to your Applications folder, then read the README.txt file within for further instructions.

Download QuickStart for Windows

Current Windows Version: 1.3

Download is an 168mb ZIP file with an MD5 signature of 7d42ee8224c5f99a3c24abec5bfde99e

After download, expand the ZIP file and drag the resulting "XAMPP" folder to your C:\ drive, then read the README.txt file within for further instructions.