The software is popular with small and rural libraries worldwide due to its simplicity, extensive language support, and good documentation.

Though the system is still under active development, it has already become widely used in small libraries and archives worldwide.

In addition, Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela have expressed an interest in this program, according to Werner Westerman of the Chilean Educalibre group.

[5] Researchers from the Federal University of Paraíba's Information Science department also discuss the use of OpenBiblio in teaching future librarians about library automation systems.

[6] While OpenBiblio provides all the essential functionalities for a small or medium-sized library, it does not include the more complex features, such as acquisitions and serials management, provided by other open source integrated library systems, such as Koha or Evergreen.