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Version: 3.18

Introduction

Phrasea is a Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution developed by Alchemy, a French publisher based in Paris and a DAM expert since the early 90s. Designed as the evolution of Phraseanet (launched in 2005), Phrasea is a robust, modern and complete DAM solution, entirely rewritten to address the current challenges of managing digital media.

Open Source, it is a sovereign alternative to proprietary platforms, guaranteeing transparency and independence.

API-first, and highly scalable, Phrasea is available in SaaS, On-premise, and hybrid modes.

It offers everything you expect from a DAM: import with or without pre-indexing, reading asset metadata sources, manual or automatic indexing, workflow management, collaboration and sharing tools, web publishing, and advanced rights management. It is particularly well-suited for communication and marketing teams, public institutions and communities, media and photographers, and IT departments.

Phrasea's Strengths in a Few Words…

  • API-First Architecture. Based on services: each module is isolated and can be deployed independently. Docker/Kubernetes deployment: Containerized deployment ensures a consistent installation, scalable, and easy control over the infrastructure.
  • the solutions is available in both SaaS and On-Premise modes.
  • Professional support available via the publisher Alchemy (maintenance contracts, support hour packages, hosting offers, specific development, training, etc.).
  • Modern, responsive, and multilingual interface.
  • Massive, fast, and reliable import.
  • Powerful search with the Elastic engine: Faceted search, advanced filters on all types of metadata, suggestions, and sorting.
  • Manual or automatic batch indexing, tags.
  • Collaboration tools (annotation, integrated chat) and asset sharing.
  • Numerous integrations available for assets (simple retouching, background removal, text detection, etc.).
  • Asset versioning, rendition generation.
  • Integrated web publishing with Phrasea Expose (creation of mini-sites, CDN integration, ideal for sharing assets externally with or without a password, terms of use, customization of web gallery templates, etc.).
  • Enhanced security: Authentication via Keycloak, SSO, OAuth2, MFA. Granular access control (ACL, roles, etc.).