eLabFTW

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eLabFTW
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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
Available in EN
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]

As of July 2015, the project is still actively being developed, with users making suggestions and pull requests as well as finding and correcting bugs. Many features are still being added to the software, which is in constant evolution.

Features

Features of eLabFTW include[2][4]:

  • export experiments as a PDF, spreadsheet, or ZIP archive
  • fully customizable database to store most any type of data
  • salted SHA-256 sum passwords
  • experiment templates
  • experiment duplication
  • advanced query tools
  • tagging
  • color coded statuses
  • internal linking
  • version control
  • protection tools
  • commenting on experiments
  • data import from .csv file

Hardware/software requirements

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

Required software: PHP5, MySQL5, SSL, and Git

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

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

Entities using eLabFTW

According to the software developer, several labs are already using it around the world, and it is adopted in Institut Curie in Paris, France, where it was developed.

Other claimed lab-level installations include:

  • IGEM, Waterloo, Canada
  • École Polytechnique, France
  • Saarland University, Germany
  • Texas Tech University, Texas, USA
  • University of Cambridge, UK
  • Duke university Medical School, NC, USA
  • Celonpharma, Poland

Further reading

Forks

  • A fork for chemists exists, though it is not maintained anymore. It adds chemistry tools: eLabChem on GitHub

External links

References