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Alchemy · Paris, France · Founded 1996 · independent (privately held French SARL)Verified 2026-10-29 · 79 sources
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All sources below were read on the access date shown. GitHub facts (repository creation dates, detected licences, release dates) were read from the public, unauthenticated GitHub REST API (https://api.github.com/repos/alchemy-fr/…); the link given is the human-readable page. The two Phrasea OpenAPI documents were read from the vendor's public demo instance, which the vendor links from its community page; only the documentation endpoints and the OpenID Connect discovery document were requested. No authenticated call was made to any Alchemy service.

Official technical sources

IdTitleURLTypeAccessedNotes
S19Phraseanet repository and READMEgithub.com/alchemy-fr/PhraseanetOfficial2026-10-29README titled "Phraseanet 4.1"; banner "Phraseanet Evolves into Phrasea"; feature list; GPL-v3 statement; Docker Compose install; community and support links. Repository created 2011-02-16, 275 stars, 106 forks
S20Phraseanet LICENSE fileLICENSEOfficial2026-10-29Header "Phraseanet v3 … Copyright (c) 2004 Alchemy … Licensed under GPL license" followed by the GNU GPL v3 text. GitHub's licence detector reports "Other" because of the header
S21Phraseanet releasesgithub.com/alchemy-fr/Phraseanet/releasesOfficial2026-10-2953 GitHub releases from 3.8.4 (2014-06-25); 4.0.0 on 2017-10-20; 4.1.0 on 2019-11-15; latest 4.1.25 on 2026-10-21
S22Phrasea repository and READMEgithub.com/alchemy-fr/phraseaOfficial2026-10-29"The open-source DAM for modern organizations"; successor of Phraseanet; Databox, Expose, Uploader, Dashboard; architecture; deployment; tech stack; MIT licence. Default branch next. Repository created 2019-04-12
S23Phrasea releasesgithub.com/alchemy-fr/phrasea/releasesOfficial2026-10-29153 releases from 1.0.0 (2021-08-05) to 4.5.2 (2026-10-21); 3.0.0 (2023-12-06) moved authentication to Keycloak; 4.0.0 on 2026-06-30; maintenance lines 3.10.x and 1.0.x patched on 2026-10-21
S24Phrasea Helm chartsgithub.com/alchemy-fr/phrasea-helm-chartsOfficial2026-10-29Kubernetes deployment; GitHub reports GPL-3.0
S25Phraseanet Helm chartsgithub.com/alchemy-fr/phraseanet-helm-chartsOfficial2026-10-29GitHub reports GPL-3.0; last push 2026-01-08
S26Phrasea documentation portaldocs.phrasea.comOfficial2026-10-29Docusaurus site built from the repository's doc folder; English and French; technical docs versioned 4.0 to 4.5 (4.5 current); no API reference page
S27Phrasea technical prerequisitesdoc/tech/Deployment/01_prerequisite.mdOfficial2026-10-29Docker Compose / Kubernetes minimum versions, Docker images, datastores; containers described as primarily for development and testing
S28Phrasea Keycloak documentation (roles and scopes)doc/user/keycloak/01_phrasea-keycloak-documentation.mdOfficial2026-10-29OAuth2 / OIDC / SAML, external IdPs, MFA, configurable token lifetimes, common and per-service scopes (asset:read, collection:edit…)
S29Phrasea permissionsdoc/tech/Authentication/permissions.mdOfficial2026-10-29Super Admin and Admin roles; <service>-admin roles
S30Databox integrationsdoc/tech/Databox/integration/01_integrations.mdOfficial2026-10-29Exhaustive list of 18 integration keys; similarity (CLIP) and face recognition (InsightFace) details; configuration schema
S31AQL (Asset Query Language)doc/tech/Databox/aql.mdOfficial2026-10-29Operators, geo queries, Elasticsearch mapping
S32Uploader request flowdoc/tech/Uploader/request_flow.mdOfficial2026-10-29Push and pull modes towards Phraseanet
S33Databox analytics (Matomo)doc/tech/Databox/analytics.mdOfficial2026-10-29Optional Matomo tracking; GET/assets/{id}/metrics
S34Phrasea default environment file.envOfficial2026-10-29Service hostnames (api-databox.{domain}…), Keycloak realm phrasea, request-signature TTLs, CloudFront options, Jira ticketing variables
S35Databox API Platform configurationapi_platform.yamlOfficial2026-10-29JSON-LD / JSON formats, limit page-size parameter, maximum 100 items per page
S36Phrasea webhook bundlelib/php/webhook-bundleOfficial2026-10-29Webhook entity (URL, secret, verifySSL, active, events, timeout default 30 s), POST of {event, payload}, failure log, admin CRUD
S37Databox webhook entity configurationalchemy_webhook.yamlOfficial2026-10-29Entities that emit webhook events (asset, attribute, attribute_definition, collection, rendition, rendition_definition, rendition_policy, tag, workspace)
S38Multipart upload resourceMultipartUpload.phpOfficial2026-10-29/uploads, /uploads/{id}/part, /uploads/{id}/parts
S39Phrasea Databox API — OpenAPI document (vendor demo instance)api-databox.ps-demo.alchemy.phrasea.io/docs.jsonOfficial2026-10-29OpenAPI 3.1.0, "Databox API" 1.0.0, 143 paths / 239 operations; OAuth2 authorization-code security scheme. Linked from the Phrasea community page
S40Phrasea Expose API — OpenAPI document (vendor demo instance)api-expose.ps-demo.alchemy.phrasea.io/docs.jsonOfficial2026-10-29OpenAPI 3.1.0, "Expose API" 1.0.0, 20 paths / 37 operations
S41Phraseanet documentation portaldocs.phraseanet.comOfficial2026-10-29Versions 3.5 to 4.1 (4.1 current); English and French
S42Phraseanet 4.1 developer documentationDevel/index.htmlOfficial2026-10-29API v1, v2, v3 sections; "stable versions are API 1.5.0 and API 2.0.0 on Phraseanet v4.0.0+"; PHP SDK recommended
S43Phraseanet API v1 — overviewAPI/V1/Overview.htmlOfficial2026-10-29/api/v1/, JSON / YAML / JSONP, meta + response envelope, error codes, no rate limit, no anonymous access
S44Phraseanet API v1 — authenticationAPI/V1/Authentication.htmlOfficial2026-10-29OAuth2 endpoints, authorization_code and password grants, app registration from the account page, tokens do not expire
S45Phraseanet API v1 — webhooksAPI/V1/Webhooks.htmlOfficial2026-10-29Documents only new_feed_entry; JSON POST to the application's URL
S46Phraseanet API v1 — routesAPI/V1/Routes.htmlOfficial2026-10-29Route families (me, search, databox, quarantine, records, stories, baskets, feeds, monitor)
S47Phraseanet API v3 — documentation pageAPI/V3.htmlOfficial2026-10-29Points to the SwaggerHub definition
S48Phraseanet API changelogAPI/Changelog.htmlOfficial2026-10-29API 1.0 to 1.5.0 and 2.0.0, no dates; records/search deprecated in 1.3
S49Phraseanet API v3 on SwaggerHubapp.swaggerhub.com/apis-docs/alchemy-fr/phraseanet.api.v3/1.0.0-oas3Official2026-10-29Read through the public registry API (api.swaggerhub.com/apis/alchemy-fr/phraseanet.api.v3/1.0.0-oas3): OpenAPI 3.0.3, created 2020-06-30, modified 2025-05-15, not private. The interactive viewer redirects to a SmartBear login
S50Phraseanet API v3 OpenAPI sourcedoc/API_documentation/v3/_compiled.yamlOfficial2026-10-29Bundled file the vendor pastes into SwaggerHub (per _HowTo_Swagger.md); last commit 2025-05-15; 7 operations
S51Phraseanet API route definitions (v1, v2, v3, OAuth2)ControllerProvider/ApiOfficial2026-10-29Exact paths and methods; v3 also exposes monitor, sub-definition and subdefs-service routes not in the spec
S52Phraseanet API mount pointsApiApplicationLoader.phpOfficial2026-10-29/api/v1, /api/v2, /api/v3, /api/oauthv2, /api/report, /permalink/
S53Phraseanet webhook event namesWebhookEvent.phpOfficial2026-10-29Record, sub-definition, order, user, registration and feed events
S54Phraseanet webhook workerWebhookWorker.phpOfficial2026-10-2930 s default timeout, Phraseanet/{version} User-Agent, retry queue up to a configured maximum, failure log
S55Phraseanet API application entityApiApplication.phpOfficial2026-10-29webhook_url, listened_events, hmac_key, webhook_active columns
S56Phraseanet default configurationlib/conf.d/configuration.ymlOfficial2026-10-29Elasticsearch search engine, authentication providers (Facebook, Twitter, GitHub, Viadeo, LinkedIn, OpenID Connect example pointing at a Keycloak), geocoding / Geonames
S57Phraseanet authentication providersAuthentication/ProviderOfficial2026-10-29Facebook, GitHub, LinkedIn, OpenID, PsAuth (Phrasea auth service), Twitter, Viadeo
S58Phraseanet bridge connectorslib/classes/Bridge/ApiOfficial2026-10-29YouTube, Dailymotion, Flickr
S59Phraseanet composer.jsoncomposer.jsonOfficial2026-10-29"php": ">=7.0 <7.1", Silex 1.3
S60Phraseanet 4.1 administrator guideAdmin/index.htmlOfficial2026-10-29Prerequisites, Docker install, manual install, search engine, worker manager, task manager, plugins, console
S61Phraseanet 4.1 user guideUser/index.htmlOfficial2026-10-29Production, import and quarantine, thesaurus, orders, statistics, Lightbox, administration
S62Phraseanet PHP SDKgithub.com/alchemy-fr/Phraseanet-PHP-SDKOfficial2026-10-29Last push 2024-07-11
S63Phraseanet WordPress plugingithub.com/alchemy-fr/Phraseanet-Wordpress-PluginOfficial2026-10-29"Wordpress Plugin for Phraseanet"; last push 2023-04-19
S64alchemy-fr repository listapi.github.com/orgs/alchemy-fr/reposObserved2026-10-2999 public repositories: Phrasea services (report, keycloak, documentation builder), Phraseanet plugins, PHP media libraries (PHPExiftool, Zippy, BinaryDriver, PHP-FFMpeg fork…), Expose plugin (archived 2020)
S65GitHub redirect from phraseanet-servicesgithub.com/alchemy-fr/phraseanet-servicesObserved2026-10-29HTTP 301 to alchemy-fr/phrasea (same repository id): the Phrasea repository was renamed
S66Phrasea Uploader API documentation (vendor demo instance)api-uploader.ps-demo.alchemy.phrasea.io/docs.jsonObserved2026-10-29HTTP 401 "Full authentication is required"; the API root lists its resources (Asset, Commit, FormSchema, Target, TargetParams, MultipartUpload, OneTimeToken)
S67Keycloak OpenID Connect discovery (vendor demo realm phrasea).well-known/openid-configurationObserved2026-10-29Grant types advertised by the demo realm include authorization_code, client_credentials, password, refresh_token, device code, token exchange; PKCE plain and S256
S68Docker Hub — alchemyfrhub.docker.com/u/alchemyfrObserved2026-10-2942 repositories: phraseanet-* (fpm, worker, nginx, db, elasticsearch, setup) and ps-* (databox, expose, uploader, dashboard, keycloak, configurator, report, notify, novu-bridge…), most updated 2026-10-21/28
S78Phrasea Databox action-log entityActionLog.phpOfficial2026-10-29Entity storing user actions in Databox
S79Phrasea Databox API source codedatabox/api/srcOfficial2026-10-29API Platform resources (#[ApiResource] operations) of the next branch, incl. routes newer than the demo instance (/assets/{id}/similar, /saved-search-automations, /assets/{id}/quarantine-bypass), file analyzers
S69PHP — unsupported branchesphp.net/eol.phpOfficial2026-10-29PHP 7.0 end of life 2019-01-10 (official PHP project page, not a DAM source)

Official non-technical sources

IdTitleURLTypeAccessedNotes
S1Phraseanet website (French home page)phraseanet.comVendor2026-10-29"En 2026, Phrasea remplace Phraseanet !"; GPL v3; publisher, integrator and host; public-sector offer
S2Phraseanet website (English home page, timeline)phraseanet.com/enVendor2026-10-29Timeline: 1996 Alchemy founded and distributes Phraséa (on the market since 1990); 2001 first SaaS platform Phraseanet.com; 2005 Phraseanet IV; 2026 Phrasea
S3Migration to Phraseaphraseanet.com/migration-vers-phraseaVendor2026-10-29Phrasea "entièrement réécrite", open source, API-first, microservices, Keycloak; migration offered on request; no end-of-support date for Phraseanet
S4Phraseanet servicesphraseanet.com/servicesVendor2026-10-29SaaS with "99,99%" availability claim; 10 h / 20 h service packs; Corporate / Entreprise / Groupe maintenance contracts; four training courses; audit and installation
S5Phraseanet resource centerphraseanet.com/en/resourcecenterVendor2026-10-29Download of Phraseanet v4.1.20 (zip), older builds, Docker links, user and admin guides, brochure, Google Groups
S6Phraseanet legal noticephraseanet.com/mentions-legalesVendor2026-10-29Société Alchemy, RCS Paris B 404 195 299, 58 avenue de Wagram 75017 Paris; website hosted on AWS
S7Phrasea website (home page)phrasea.comVendor2026-10-29Open-source DAM by ALCHEMY SARL; SaaS, on-premise or hybrid; use cases; customer logos; docs links
S8Phrasea featuresphrasea.com/en/featuresVendor2026-10-29Ingestion, metadata formats, AI indexing via third-party services, search, workflow, Expose, Keycloak SSO/MFA, deployment
S9Phrasea llms.txt pagephrasea.com/en/llms-txtVendor2026-10-29/llms.txt redirects to this HTML page (not a plain-text file); product summary and links
S10Phrasea community pagephrasea.com/en/communauteVendor2026-10-29GitHub, docs, interactive guide, videos, API documentation links on the demo instance, bug reports, contribution by e-mail
S11Phrasea interactive guidephrasea.com/en/guideVendor2026-10-29Public step-by-step "Getting Started with Phrasea" (login, collections, import, search, edit, share, baskets)
S12Phrasea blog (index)phrasea.com/blog/news-4Vendor2026-10-29Posts 2026-02 to 2026-09: AI for DAM, saved searches, support portal, summer webinar (2026-07-23), Phraseanet vs Phrasea, Parade, Phrasea Lend, Order
S13Blog — Phraseanet VS Phraseaphraseanet-vs-phrasea-47Vendor2026-10-292026-07-28; Phrasea rewritten, keeps the open-source "DNA"; no end-of-life date
S14Paradephrasea.com/paradeVendor2026-10-29Media portal for Phrasea: pages, branding, facets, baskets, access control, registration requests
S15Alchemy services and SaaS plansalchemy.fr/en/servicesVendor2026-10-29Easy Start, Onboarding, Consultant and Technical packs; SaaS plans Starter (€169/mo), Business (€500/mo), Enterprise (on request) with quotas; a second plan block on the same page shows "€ xx" placeholders
S16Alchemy — about usalchemy.fr/about-usVendor2026-10-29"More than 30 years"; Phraseanet and Phrasea; sectors served
S17Alchemy — clients and solutionsalchemy.fr/clients-et-solutionsVendor2026-10-29Sector pages; no named customers
S18GitHub organisation alchemy-frgithub.com/alchemy-frVendor2026-10-29"Editor of Phrasea, an Open Source DAM"; Paris, France

Third-party sources

IdTitleURLTypeAccessedNotes
S70French business register (Recherche d'entreprises API) — ALCHEMY, SIREN 404 195 299recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.frThird-party2026-10-29Official public register data (INSEE / RNE): created 1996-02-28; legal-form code 5499 (SARL); NAF 62.01Z; staff band "03" (6–9 employees, 2024); manager (gérant) Guillaume Maubert; head office 58 avenue de Wagram, Paris. Human-readable page: annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr/entreprise/404195299
S71DAM News — "Alchemy's Phraseanet DAM Goes Open Source"digitalassetmanagementnews.orgThird-party2026-10-292010-07-08; GPL3; formerly licensed at €7,500; PHP/MySQL/Apache
S72LinuxFr — "Passage de Phraseanet en open source"linuxfr.orgThird-party2026-10-292010-05-25; version 3.0 released March 2010 (Solutions Linux), GPL 3
S73LinuxFr — "Sortie de Phraseanet en version 3.1"linuxfr.orgThird-party2026-10-292011-02-08; proprietary until March 2010; Lightbox comments, order manager, quarantine, Report statistics
S74Google Group phrasea-install-engroups.google.com/g/phrasea-install-enThird-party2026-10-29Community installation help (linked from the Phraseanet README)
S75Google Group phrasea-support-frgroups.google.com/g/phrasea-support-frThird-party2026-10-29French user-support group (linked from the resource center)
S76Packagist — phraseanet/php-sdkpackagist.org/packages/phraseanet/php-sdkThird-party2026-10-29Latest version 7.0.1 (2021-02-24)
S77Phraseanet download archivearchives.phraseanet.com/download-listObserved2026-10-29Older Phraseanet builds (HTTP 200)

Not accessible

  • Phrasea / Phraseanet support portal (phrasea.com/en/support): ticket creation reserved to customers ("client access"). Would cover SLAs, known issues and customer-only documentation. Behind login.
  • Phrasea Uploader API reference on the demo instance: returns HTTP 401 without credentials S66. Behind login.
  • SwaggerHub interactive viewer for Phraseanet API v3: redirects to a SmartBear login; the same definition is readable through the public registry API and the GitHub source S49 S50.
  • SourceForge project page (sourceforge.net/projects/phraseanet): returned HTTP 403 to automated access on 2026-10-29. Historical download mirror (2010–2011 per press).
  • Phraseanet brochure (/en/brochure-phraseanet.pdf on phraseanet.com): linked from the resource center, not read.
  • Phrasea demo platform: account required (activation e-mail) S11.
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