About JHOVE

JHOVE is currently maintained by the Open Preservation Foundation. Development effort is guided by the JHOVE Product Board, comprising OPF members and software supporters.

The original JHOVE project was a collaboration between JSTOR and Harvard University Library with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Electronic-Archiving Initiative.

Support JHOVE

JHOVE is one of the most widely-used digital preservation tools in the community, and it is also used as a component in several commercial digital preservation systems. It is open source meaning it is free to download, use and modify. However, it is not free of costs to host, maintain, support or develop the software. Currently, only OPF members support JHOVE as part of their membership fees.

So, how can you help?

Become an OPF member

By becoming a member of the OPF, organisations are directly helping to fund the hosting, maintenance, and development of the software ensuring it is robust and reliable.

Members can also choose to guide the roadmap and:

Sit on the JHOVE Product Board
Vote for bug fixes and enhancements to be included in each release cycle
Receive technical support

Find out more: http://openpreservation.org/about/join/

Donate

Make a donation to support JHOVE development:

Contribute to JHOVE

We also welcome community contributions. We are looking for users and developers to join our active JHOVE community and help:

Test the software
Improve documentation
Contribute test files

We run online JHOVE Hack Days where volunteers from around the world work collaboratively to enhance our understanding of JHOVE errors and improve documentation. The report from the most recent hack day is published on the Foundation’s website. If you would like to contribute or get involved in the next hack day, please contact us.