eLabFTW
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DescriptionWith eLabFTW you get a secure, modern and compliant system to track your experiments efficiently but also manage your lab with a powerful and versatile database. If you do experimental research, then eLabFTW is for you. Whatever your field is. It is also well suited for universities, tinkerers or biotech companies. Keep track of your experiments and collaborate with your team easily! (Quelle: Anbieterseite)
ProviderDeltablot
Information on ProviderDeltablot is a french company producing open source software and secure, quality code.
Activity Statusactive
Information on ActiveVersion 5.0.4/July 2024
Last checked on24.07.2024
Provider's data safety and data security strategiesfree version: no provider cloud; instructions for setting up own backups of docker installation and instructions for configure LDAP and SAML2 authentication on website; "Strong encryption, good practices and modern codebase offers the best security for your data. The only ELN with A+ rating on Mozilla's Observatory."
Reference usersApplication at the Institute for Functional Interfaces of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Helmholtz Program Materials System Engineering (https://www.mse.kit.edu/RDM.php), contact: Alexei Nefedov, alexei.nefedov@kit.edu and Matthias Schwotzer, matthias.schwotzer@kit.edu, Description: As of June 2022: A good 30 employees actively use elabFTW (the standard version without extensions); the system is also made available to employees of a neighboring institute at KIT. Depending on the experimental method, some students use elabFTW and Chemotion in parallel (here, special modules are used that were specially programmed by the Chemotion development team).
Heidelberg University, University Computing Centre; contact: Alexander Haller, alexander.haller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de or elabftw@uni-heidelberg.de; description: as of October 2023: elabFTW is to become the campus ELN for the university and possibly also the hospital, it is hosted on a central instance at the computer center with currently about 550 active users. Beta mode has been completed, so the service has been operating productively since October 1, 2023. (https://www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/service-catalogue/software-and-applications/elabftw)
Heidelberg University, University Computing Centre; contact: Alexander Haller, alexander.haller@urz.uni-heidelberg.de or elabftw@uni-heidelberg.de; description: as of October 2023: elabFTW is to become the campus ELN for the university and possibly also the hospital, it is hosted on a central instance at the computer center with currently about 550 active users. Beta mode has been completed, so the service has been operating productively since October 1, 2023. (https://www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/service-catalogue/software-and-applications/elabftw)
Reviewshttps://blog.f1000.com/2021/11/02/elabftw-electronic-labatory-notebook/; https://f1000research.com/articles/10-292; https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00146; https://medevel.com/elabftw-manage-any-laboratory-with-this-amazing-open-source-software/; https://medium.com/phd-to-ceo/an-open-source-stack-for-physical-science-startups-c83266852efc; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352902361_Data_Management_at_the_SEM_Facility_for_Diagnostics_and_Plasma_Surface_Technology?channel=doi&linkId=60ded7b7458515d6fbf293e2&showFulltext=true
Exit strategyhttps://blog.f1000.com/2021/11/02/elabftw-electronic-labatory-notebook/; https://f1000research.com/articles/10-292; https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.00146; https://medevel.com/elabftw-manage-any-laboratory-with-this-amazing-open-source-software/; https://medium.com/phd-to-ceo/an-open-source-stack-for-physical-science-startups-c83266852efc; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352902361_Data_Management_at_the_SEM_Facility_for_Diagnostics_and_Plasma_Surface_Technology?channel=doi&linkId=60ded7b7458515d6fbf293e2&showFulltext=true
Communityhttps://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/discussions
Known usersUniversität Düsseldorf, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universität Darmstadt, TH Clausthal-Zellerfeld
General
LicenseOpen Source, hosted (commercial) versions available
PricingChargeable / Paid for / fee-based, Free, Independent of number of users, free version; Pro Support 1337 €/yr; Pro Support Gold 1985 €/yr; Pro Hosting 4985 €/yr; PRO Hosting SecNumCloud 7985 €/yr
VersionsDemo, Demo hosted by NFDI: https://demo.chemotion.scc.kit.edu, Live Demo
Location of provider116 AV de Paris, 94800 Villejuif, France
Usability
Customizable user interfaceCustomizable user interface
LanguagesEnglish, Freely extensible, multilingual interface
SupportOnline documentation, Support by provider, User training (online, on site), depending on version
Usage statisticsNo Input
Offline functionalitiesoffline cache not available
Core functions (Daily work)
Data inputWith internal links, Sketches, Chemical editor, With external links, Table editor, Plain text editor, scheduler
Data import (formats)Image formats, Document formats, Compressed formats, MS Office formats, Structured formats, Table formats, Scientific formats, csv, .eln-arcive, zip (Only zip files generated by eLabFTW), json, automatic import, importing data from a .eln archive generated by any ELN software conforming to the specification (https://github.com/TheELNConsortium/TheELNFileFormat/blob/master/SPECIFICATION.md)
Data import (method)Drag & Drop / File Chooser
Data exportFormats suitable for publication, Formats suitable for long term archiving, PDF, .eln-arcive, ZIP, CSV, JSON; timestamped pdf wirh the corresponding .asn1 token
TemplatesDefine own templates, Import from internet sources
Search functionsDatabase queries, Full text search, Advanced search, quick search, search with tags, filter functions
CollaborationRights management, Role management, sharing settings; administrator privileges
Compliance with legal requirements
Preservation of evidenceTimestamping
ComplianceFERPA, FISMA, HIPAA, Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
Extended functions (Daily work)
Laboratory management functionsMaterials database
Integrations and extensionsChemDoodle, plug-ins not available
AutomationAutomation possible by using the API. See the official examples: https://github.com/elabftw/elabapi-python/tree/master/examples
Device connectionWithout device connection
Project management toolsCalendar, Project management
WorkflowsWith workflows, Project-related workflows, Cross-project workflows, hyperlinks
Integration in RDM and IT environment
Application programming interfacesOther API, Python library, REST API, Javacript, API online documentation
Controlled vocabularyNo input
Data accessBrowser based
Data storage locationProvider's Cloud, Local, Cloud of own choice
Authentication methods
User account security measures
Usage optionOn-premises, Software as a Service
Server operating systemmulti-platform (server or client)
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| 2025-06-17 11:31:05 | Newest version: 5.2.5 | |
| 2024-08-14 07:53:13 | Subject: disciplines of chemistry added | |
7* | 2024-08-13 07:23:53 | chemistry added |
| 2024-08-13 07:20:41 | Subject: disciplines of chemistry added (correction) | |
| 2024-01-17 09:37:55 | Versionen bearbeitet: Demo by NFDI | |
| 2023-02-24 11:01:07 | Neuen Referenzuser eingefügt: Uni Heidelberg | |
| 2022-12-12 12:49:47 | ||
| 2022-06-23 10:00:33 |
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