Company hashicorp , known for the development of open tools Vagrant , packer , nomad and terraform , published the opening system of documents management hermes designed to coordinate processes, related to writing, searching, exchanging, reviewing and approving documents used both in individual teams and throughout the organization. The project code is written in GO and spreads under the license mpl 2.0. The library is involved in the development of the Web interface ember.js and the interface elements helios . Data is stored in the PostgreSQL DBMS.
At the current stage of development, the Google Docs platform is used to create documents. After creating the model of the author’s document, a draft with other employees can share a draft with other employees to the proper type, and then send the document for the review and approval to other team members. The system also supports the support of the withdrawal of documents from everyday life and their transfer to the category of obsolete. To search for previously prepared documents, a full -text search engine algolia .
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It is noted that Hermes is not an official product of the company and is still at the stage of active development. The project is developed by the Hashicorp Labs team, working in the office of the technical director and based on the development of tools that increase the efficiency of the company. Initially, Hermes is developing as an internal project, but now published in the public domain. The introduction of Hermes in Hashicorp began in June 2022 and at the moment more than 20% of employees have been transferred to its use.