notedELN

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This article is about the free open-source electronic laboratory notebook developed by research scientist Daniel Wagenaar. For other uses of the term "eln", see ELN.


eln
Developer(s) Daniel Wagenaar
Initial release June 14, 2013 (2013-06-14) (0.1.1)[1]
Preview release none [±]
Written in C++, Qt
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) GNU General Public License v3.0
Website Launchpad.net/eln

eln is an open-source electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) "with a focus on getting things done."[2]

Product history

Developer and research scientist Daniel Wagenaar started the eln project on Launchpad on June 14, 2013 and deposited a version 0.1.1 onto the site the same day.[2][1] It's assumed work began on the software before then, as Wagenaar refers to the software as "fairly mature and used daily in our lab" on his lab's web page.[3]

The latest version of the software is 1.0.0, released August 25, 2015.[1]

Features

Features of eln include[2][3]:

  • data import
  • internal and external linking
  • entries and images stored in hierarchical folder structure
  • automatic table of contents generation
  • autosave feature
  • drag-and-drop and cut-and-paste support
  • automatically saves PubMed docs

Hardware/software requirements

No particular installation requirements exist for eln, unless you're going to compile the binaries yourself.

Reference the user guide (PDF) for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

  • The eln user guide can be found here (PDF).
  • A few examples of eln pages can be found here. Click the image to start.

Entities using eln

Further reading

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "eln > timeline". Launchpad.net. https://launchpad.net/eln/+series. Retrieved 16 May 2014. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "eln in Launchpad". Launchpad.net. https://launchpad.net/eln. Retrieved 16 May 2014. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "eln - Wagenaar Lab". Daniel Wagenaar. http://www.danielwagenaar.net/eln/. Retrieved 16 May 2014. 
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