--- title: "Hyland OpenArch™" description: "Your enterprise content: Ready for any AI. Open by design." url: "https://www.hyland.com/en/solutions/products/openarch" lang: "en" published: "2026-10-16T01:49:54.364Z" --- # Hyland OpenArch™ ## 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. ![A hand interacts with a digital touch interface, illuminating vibrant streams of data](https://site-cdn.hyland.com/www/1672x941/9769ef2263/openarch-hero.png) [Explore OpenArch on GitHub](http://www.github.com/Hyland/OpenArch) ## OpenArch connects enterprise AI to enterprise content AI is moving from pilots to production, but the content it needs remains scattered across repositories and systems. Each source carries its own metadata and permissions. In order to make that content usable for AI, historically organizations have been forced into 1 of 3 compromises when they want to connect AI to enterprise content: 1. **Move the content:** Copy, migrate or consolidate content into a new environment. This creates duplicate repositories and another source of truth. 2. **Rebuild governance:** Recreating permissions and business signals outside source systems increases the risk that controls drift. 3. **Accept lock-in:** Adopting a proprietary content or AI stack limits control as architecture and services change. OpenArch gives AI a single point of access to enterprise content. It brings together content and its business signals (the metadata and permissions it carries) across repositories and systems. #### 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. ### How OpenArch works #### 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. ### OpenArch key features #### 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 ### OpenArch at work OpenArch lets you build AI across all your content without touching the systems, permissions or architecture underneath. #### Streamline builds Build AI experiences against one open source content hub instead of managing fragmented repository access patterns. #### Scale with guardrails around content Connect AI to enterprise content while keeping source systems’ authoritative and governance intact. #### Design your best-fit approach to content Add an AI access layer without forcing content migration, repository consolidation or a proprietary content stack. > 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. Jitesh S. Ghai, Hyland CEO ### Start building AI on the content you already have Give AI a single access point to enterprise content while keeping your systems of record, governance and AI services in place. [Explore OpenArch on GitHub](http://www.github.com/Hyland/OpenArch) [Talk to Hyland](/en/contact-us) ### Common questions about OpenArch #### 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.