# Modern PLC Library Management Tools **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-plc-library-management-tools/99590 "2024-12-09T15:33:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-plc-library-management-tools/99590/1 "2024-12-09T15:33:30Z")
This is not necessarily Ignition-specific but I know there are many of us that use Allen Bradley and other modern PLCs for our projects. As of late I've felt that exporting AOIs and rungs/routines to a file location as a "library" has been a bit lacking when it comes to the dev experience. Does anybody know of plugin tools or 3rd party programs that help maintain/use a library like this? ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-plc-library-management-tools/99590/2 "2024-12-09T15:48:08Z")
Rockwell has the Application Code Manager tool. > **[Studio 5000 Application Code Manager (ACM) | FactoryTalk | US](https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/products/software/factorytalk/designsuite/studio-5000/studio-5000-application-code-manager.html)** > > Studio 5000® Application Code Manager is a tool that enables more efficient project development with libraries of reusable code. I've not used it personally... we looked into it and found that our Toolkit didn't have a license for it so we didn't move forward. I've not bugged our rep to see if he can swing us a license yet. ---
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-plc-library-management-tools/99590/3 "2024-12-09T16:36:03Z")
Hesitant to get into yet another AB software product 😅 [Copia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP2MXK5PGCE) looks very nice. Anybody have experience with that? Found [this discussion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copia-automation/64576) from 2022 ---
**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-plc-library-management-tools/99590/4 "2024-12-09T16:38:05Z")
I've heard good things about it but never used it. Also heard that it's expensive. ---
**Author:** ![witman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@witman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/witman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modern-plc-library-management-tools/99590/5 "2024-12-10T03:14:20Z")
Beckhoff TwinCAT 3.1 with Git integration using Microsoft Azure free as the remote repo and then making standard code library project(s) referenced in production projects is a thing of beauty that made it possible to add additional programmers to a larger project on a short timeline. I don't know how we could have done it with Allen-Bradley. And in most cases you can update a running PLC project to an updated version of your standard code library online (without stopping the plant). It hurts when I have to go back to Allen-Bradley for something!