eLabFTW

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eLabFTW
Developer(s) Nicolas CARPi
Initial release February 2, 2013 (2013-02-02) (0.7)[1]
Stable release

4.9.0  (October 27, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-10-27))

[±]
Preview release 5.0.0 Alpha 3  (December 23, 2023; 10 months ago (2023-12-23)) [±]
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Website eLabFTW.net

eLabFTW is a free open-source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) "made by researchers, for researchers, with usability in mind."[2]

Product history

The project was started by engineer and developer Nicolas CARPi on GitHub, with the first commit coming on March 2, 2012.[3] The first tagged, public stable release of eLabFTW arrived as 0.7 on February 2, 2013.[1]

Features

Features of eLabFTW include[2][4]:

  • export experiments as a PDF, spreadsheet, or ZIP archive
  • fully customizable database to store anything you'd like
  • salted SHA-256 sum passwords
  • experiment templates
  • experiment duplication
  • advanced query tools
  • tagging
  • color coded statuses
  • internal linking
  • version control
  • protection tools
  • commenting experiments
  • data import from csv file

Hardware/software requirements

Hardware : 512 Mo RAM, 800 MHz processor and 5 Mo of disk space is the bare minimum. It can run on a Raspberry Pi without problems.

Software : PHP5, MySQL5, SSL, git.

If you have an old computer that can act as a server, you can install it on that hardware. Otherwise, it can be installed locally for single-person use, with any operating system (Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, etc…)

Reference the installation guide for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

  • The eLabFTW documentation can be found here.
  • A few screenshots of eLabFTW can be found at the main page.
  • A live demo of the software can be accessed here.

Entities using eLabFTW

  • Several labs are already using it in Institut Curie, Paris, France. The whole institute might adopt it in the future. This is where the software is originated.
  • IGEM, Waterloo, Canada
  • École Polytechnique, France
  • Saarland University, Germany
  • Texas Tech University, Texas, USA
  • University of Cambridge, UK
  • Duke university Medical School, NC, USA

The use is at the lab level, not departements (AFAIK). Source : software developer.

Further reading

Forks

External links

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