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Welcome to LIMSwiki.org, the laboratory, health, and science informatics encyclopedia.
Users have contributed: 3,164 articles.

LIMSwiki is a collaborative wiki dedicated to the scientific community, featuring organized, documented, and up-to-date content regarding all aspects of laboratory informatics, bioinformatics, and health informatics. LIMSwiki also strives to maintain relevant knowledge about laboratory equipment as well as commercial and open-source software likely to be used in a laboratory setting. This also includes the vendors of such equipment and software.

Like any community wiki, the value and success of LIMSwiki is dependent upon the scientific community contributing their vast knowledge through the creation of relevant articles and editing of existing articles where knowledge is absent. If you wish to enrich the content of this wiki or have something of value to add, please request an account and get started.


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Key commercial laboratory informatics vendors

What does it mean to be "key" for the purpose of this ranking? The criterion for a vendor selling proprietary commercial laboratory informatics software being listed here: the vendor's LIMSwiki page must have a cited (from a publicly-available source) price list. Those with demonstration videos are given higher preference; items ranked by number of videos. Go here for all listed vendors in the wiki.


Laboratory informatics software and products
Open-source laboratory informatics software

Listed below are some of the most active and supported open-source laboratory informatics software projects with articles in the wiki, as of February 2013. Go here for all listed open-source laboratory informatics projects.


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Key cloud- or SaaS-based laboratory informatics software

Listed below are key commercial and open-source laboratory informatics software offerings listed in the wiki that utilize the cloud or software as a service (SaaS) model. "Key" indicates vendor's (or software's) LIMSwiki page has a cited (from a publicly-available source) price list. Those with demonstration videos are given higher preference; items ranked by number of videos.

1. webLIMS via LabLynx, Inc.
2. Bika LIMS via Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.
3. Scilligence ELN via Scilligence Corporation
4. LabArchives via LabArchives, LLC
5. Contur ELN/iLabber via Accelrys, Inc.
6. eCAT via Research Innovations Limited
7. Labguru via BioData Inc.
8. iPad ELN via Cognium Systems SA
9. LABVANTAGE via LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc.

10. NevisLIMS via Instrumentos Científicos SA
11. NoteBookMaker via NoteBookMaker, LLC
12. BioRails DM via The Edge Software Consultancy Ltd.
13. LABTrack via LABTrack, LLC
14. SparkLix via SparkLix Bio IT Corp.
15. Datacloud via SPLhost, Inc.
16. O3 Lims via Bytewize AB
17. O3 LimsXpress via Bytewize AB
18. SQUISH via Information Management Services, Inc.


Open-source software

Looking for open-source software solutions to make your lab or office more efficient? Try these locations:


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Latest news

September 04, 2013:

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After a brief hiatus this summer, we're back in business here on the wiki. As always, maintenance and updates to existing material remains vital. In this rapidly changing world of information technology, advances in products as well as closures by vendors happen frequently. With such a small group of regulars dedicated to maintaining this wiki, there's bound to be information that is out-of-date or inaccurate. We continue our call out for a few good editors to lend a hand with research and updates to our content, whether it be vendor updates or contributions to technical articles. For example, there are many branches of informatics, but little is written about them still.

Please consider requesting a LIMSwiki account if you feel you can contribute neutral, well-researched content to the wiki. And If after reading the guidelines you still need a little help, write a brief message on my talk page, and I'll help how I can. We might even be able to organize an online tutorial together. And many thanks to our contributors!

Shawn Douglas 15:17, 4 September 2013 (EDT)

April 05, 2013:

We've added a few new tools since last year, including expanding the front page to include useful links to existing content. The most recent addition is the LIMSwiki informatics resource portal, a huge collection of web links related to bio, clinical, medical, health, and laboratory informatics (among others). This collection of resources includes books, journals, blogs, web portals, government and academic programs, conferences, trade shows, knowledge bases, research tools, and much more. A link is also added to this front page for easy access. We hope you find it useful.

Shawn Douglas 19:30, 5 April 2013 (EDT)

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