Hyland OpenArch™
Your enterprise content: Ready for any AI. Open by design.
OpenArch gives your AI systems a single point of access to content across your repositories. With OpenArch, organizations can build AI on top of content where it already lives, and it doesn’t require migration, governance rebuilds or proprietary lock-in.
OpenArch connects enterprise AI to enterprise content
Content stays put
OpenArch allows systems of record to remain the single source of truth.
Governance stays intact
OpenArch adheres to the permissions and policies already enforced by your source systems.
Choice stays yours
Avoid proprietary stacks and evolve your architecture on your terms.
Connects your repositories.
Connect OpenArch to the repositories and systems that hold enterprise content. The authoritative content remains in place.
One hub replaces a repository-by-repository access strategy.
Brings forward content and business signals.
OpenArch brings forward the metadata and permissions each system already tracks.
AI understands not just the content, but also how that content is used across the business.
Honors existing access controls.
OpenArch respects the permissions and policies enforced by each source system.
Teams avoid recreating authorization logic and governance in a separate AI environment.
Runs on your terms.
Choose where OpenArch runs, which AI services you use and where your data resides.
Your AI strategy can evolve without rebuilding your architecture.
Builds AI experiences on top.
Develop AI experiences against one content hub while repositories remain the systems of record.
Build the AI, not the pipeline. Spend your time on AI innovation, not content plumbing.
Unified AI access
Give AI one point of access to content across every repository.
In-place content
Work with enterprise content where it already lives, with permissions honored by the source system, without migration or consolidation.
Business signals
Carry forward the metadata, permissions and classifications that make AI responses relevant.
Open source foundation
Run it as-is or change it to fit — on infrastructure you control.
Your infrastructure, your AI, your data
Choose where OpenArch runs, which AI services it uses and where your data lives.
Designed for data sovereignty
Maintain control over your content and where your data resides.
Why choose OpenArch?
Organizations choose OpenArch when they need to connect their AI systems to the highest-quality, most relevant enterprise content.
AI can generate trustworthy answers without touching systems of record
OpenArch gives AI access to content and the business signals that explain how it's governed, while systems of record remain the authoritative source for your business processes.
One hub for AI access across distributed content
Systems of record remain the authoritative source for content
No migration or reconciliation required
Enable AI without recreating governance
Apply the permissions and metadata already enforced by each source system.
Preserve source-system permissions and metadata
Maintain consistent governance across repositories
Scale AI initiatives without scaling governance complexity
Experiment, deploy and evolve on your terms
OpenArch works with your existing technologies and gives you the freedom to evolve your AI strategy without rebuilding your architecture.
Shape the project — inspect it, extend it, contribute back
Run on the infrastructure you choose while keeping content within your own environment.
Choose AI services and change them as the stack evolves
At Hyland, our philosophy is that data is most useful where it lives, so we provide a federated architecture that derives context from documents wherever they exist. We also connect to systems of record.
Does OpenArch require content migration?
No, OpenArch does not require migration. OpenArch works with enterprise content where it already lives. Authoritative content remains in the repositories and systems that own it.
Does OpenArch replace our repositories or systems of record?
No, OpenArch does not replace your repositories or systems of record. OpenArch gives AI a consistent point of access across repositories. Existing systems continue to own, manage and govern their content.
How does OpenArch preserve governance?
OpenArch applies the permissions and metadata already enforced by each source system, rather than requiring teams to recreate them in a separate AI environment.
Does OpenArch require a specific AI service or deployment model?
No, OpenArch does not require a specific AI service or deployment model. OpenArch is designed to work with the AI services and deployment model you choose, so teams can change services as architecture and requirements evolve.
Why is OpenArch open source?
Open source gives teams the ability to inspect, extend, adapt, contribute to and operate OpenArch directly rather than relying on a proprietary layer they cannot examine.
Who is OpenArch for?
OpenArch is built for developers and AI architects creating AI experiences across distributed enterprise content.
How does OpenArch handle real-time changes to user access permissions?
OpenArch resolves user permissions dynamically at the time of the query by calling the source repository APIs directly. This ensures that AI systems never access restricted content. Because OpenArch does not cache or duplicate your security policies, any updates made in your source systems apply instantly to all AI queries.
Which artificial intelligence models and frameworks work with OpenArch?
OpenArch is compatible with any AI service, large language model or development framework that supports standard APIs. This flexibility lets you swap AI components easily as technology evolves.
Does OpenArch require Hyland Content Innovation Cloud™ to function?
No, OpenArch runs independently as an open source solution, but it integrates seamlessly with the Content Innovation Cloud. Utilizing the platform alongside OpenArch allows you to scale intelligent content services across your entire enterprise. This combination provides a complete cloud-native infrastructure for automating complex workflows and unlocking deep content insights.
How do developers deploy and manage OpenArch within enterprise infrastructure?
Developers can deploy OpenArch with Docker Compose on any cloud or on-premises server. The open source repository on GitHub provides Docker files, deployment scripts and detailed API documentation, so teams build the container images in their own environment. This lets technical teams host the solution securely behind their own firewall and keep strict data sovereignty.