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Quick Comparison Table

Tool Purpose Cost Open source Platform Status
Archetype Designer (Better) Archetype and template authoring Free Yes Web Current
Archetype Companion Archetype discovery and planning Free Yes Web Web-based companion
ADL Workbench Technical ADL validation and conversion Free Yes Release dependent Specialist
Archetype Editor Archetype authoring Free Yes Windows Legacy
Template Designer (Ocean) Template authoring (.oet) Free No Windows Legacy
LinkEHR Editor Multi-model archetype editing Free No Windows Active
LinkEHR Studio Multi-model editing and data mapping Commercial No Windows Active
Nedap VS Code Extension ADL/AQL in VS Code Free Yes All Active
Medical Flows Clinical workflow modelling Commercial No Web Active
CKM (openEHR) Archetype/template repository and governance Free to use No (software) Web Current
EHRbase openEHR CDR / server Free Yes All (Docker) Current
Better Platform openEHR CDR and full platform Commercial No Cloud/on-premise Current
EHRServer (Cabolabs) openEHR CDR Free Yes Self-hosted Active
ArcEHR openEHR CDR Commercial No (planned) Self-hosted Private beta
FerroEHR openEHR CDR / server Free Yes Binary / Docker / Kubernetes Active
Archie (Java library) RM/ADL Java implementation Free Yes Java Active
openEHR SDK (Java) SDK for EHRbase/openEHR Free Yes Java Active
oehrpy (Python) Python SDK for openEHR CDRs Free Yes Python Active - pre-1.0
ADL2 Core ADL 2 Java reference implementation Free Yes Java Source available; maintenance unclear
FHIR Bridge FHIR-to-openEHR broker Free Yes Java Source available; release and support status unclear
openFHIR Bidirectional openEHR/FHIR mapping engine Free / commercial Yes (open-source edition) Java / Docker Active
openEHRTool EHRbase REST API client Free Yes Web / Docker Active
openEHR Explorer Desktop client for browsing and querying CDRs Free Yes Windows / Linux / macOS Active
ehr-ctrl Desktop client for querying and administering CDRs Free No Windows / Linux / macOS Active
AQL Manager Organize and format AQL collections Free Yes Web / offline Active
openEHR RM Browser Browse the Reference Model hierarchy Free Source available Web / offline Active
Archetype Inclusion Patterns Visualize archetype containment in templates Free Yes Web Active