Librarika
7.4#1 in school library management softwareFrom $11.58 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitLibrarika vs SLiMS
What both publish
| Fact | Librarika | SLiMS |
|---|---|---|
| Circulation | Members can check items in and out, reserve items online, and join a hold queue for checked-out items. | Circulation features include loans, returns, reservations, quick returns, configurable loan rules, and membership management. |
| Integrations | The feature list names OpenLibrary bibliographic data integration, SIP2 connections for kiosks and RFID systems, and SAML SSO with providers including Azure AD, Google, and Okta. | The maker lists Union Catalog Server for union catalogs, Nayanes for federated search, and Sphinx Search and MongoDB support for third-party bibliographic record indexing. |
| Security | The current privacy policy says Librarika uses encryption in transit (TLS/SSL), access controls and authentication, role-based permissions, monitoring, and confidentiality obligations for staff and contractors. | Release 9.8.0 describes hardening around uploads, image scraping, attachments, backups, and visitor counts, with stronger output escaping against SQLi, XSS, SSRF, CSRF, path traversal, and unsafe image metadata. |
| Support | Librarika offers quick how-to videos and FAQs, while its librarian manual is described as being at a very early stage. | The maker points users to GitHub, issues, the changelog, and community discussion for support and learning. |
Librarika plans
- BasicFree
- Basic Pro$139 a year
- E-Books Hosting Starter$249 a year
- Silver$299 a year
- E-Books Hosting Standard$499 a year
- Gold$499 a year
SLiMS plans
- SLiMS 9.8.0 Bulian D AceFree
Pick Librarika if…
Librarika suits schools, universities, public, corporate and community libraries that need cataloguing, circulation and member access in a cloud system. It also serves personal collections and offers tools for multiple branches, member holds and mobile access.
Pick SLiMS if…
SLiMS suits libraries and librarians seeking free library-management software with catalog, circulation, and inventory tools. Its source-install options fit teams able to provide the listed server requirements, while the portable bundle is limited to Windows.