README.md

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GLPI stands for **Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique** is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package, that provides ITIL Service Desk features, licenses tracking and software auditing.

GLPI features:
* Multilingual support: 45 translations available
* Inventory of computers, peripherals, network printers and any associated components through an interface, with inventory tools such as: OCS Inventory or FusionInventory
* Assignment of equipment by geographical area to users and groups
* Item lifecycle management
* Asset reservation
* Licenses management (ITIL compliant)
* Management of warranty and financial information (purchase order, warranty and extension, damping)
* Management of contracts, contacts, documents related to inventory items
* Incidents, requests, problems and changes management
* Ticket creation through emails, end-user or technician interface
* Ticket lifecycle (assignment, tickets scheduling, solutions, etc.)
* Knowledge base and Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
* Report generator: hardware, network or interventions (support)

Moreover, GLPI supports many [plugins](http://plugins.glpi-project.org) that provide additional features.


## License

It is distributed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 - please consult the file called [COPYING](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glpi-project/glpi/master/COPYING.txt) for more details.


## Prerequisites

* A web server (Apache, Nginx, IIS, etc.)
* MariaDB (or MySQL < 5.7)
* PHP 5.5 or higher
* Mandatory PHP extensions:
    - json
    - mbstring
    - mysqli
    - session

* Recommended PHP extensions (to enable optional features)
    - curl (CAS authentication)
    - domxml (CAS authentication)
    - gd (picture generation)
    - imap (mail collector and users authentication)
    - ldap (users authentication)
    - openssl (encrypted communication)


## Download

See :
* [releases](https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases) for tarball packages.
* [Remi's RPM repository](http://rpms.remirepo.net/) for RPM packages (Fedora, RHEL, CentOS)


## Documentation

Here is a [pdf version](https://forge.glpi-project.org/attachments/download/1901/glpidoc-0.85-en-partial.pdf).
We are working on a [markdown version](https://github.com/glpi-project/doc)

* [Installation](http://glpi-project.org/spip.php?article61)
* [Update](http://glpi-project.org/spip.php?article172)


## Additional resources

* [Official website](http://glpi-project.org)
* [Demo](http://demo.glpi-project.org/)
* [Translations on transifex service](https://www.transifex.com/glpi/public/)
* [Issues](https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/issues)
* [Suggestions](http://suggest.glpi-project.org)
* [Forum](http://forum.glpi-project.org)
* IRC : irc://irc.freenode.org/glpi
* [Plugin directory](http://plugins.glpi-project.org)
* [Plugin development documentation](https://github.com/pluginsGLPI/example)