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elabFTW

Free and open-source electronic lab notebook for managing scientific experiments.

🏢 Service Provider

CNRS - cnrs-cle@cnrs.fr

⚙️ Required Technical Level

Intermediate - Technical knowledge recommended

💰 Cost

Free - See with CNRS

🔄 Lifecycle Stages

  • Planning: Project organization
  • Collection: Acquisition and documentation of experiments
  • Documentation: Traceability and annotation

✅ Advantages

  • Open-source solution
  • Intuitive interface
  • Management of protocols and experiments
  • Complete traceability
  • CNRS support
  • Customizable

⚠️ Drawbacks

  • Request to CNRS required
  • Initial configuration needed
  • Dependent on CNRS support

🚧 Limitations

  • Access subject to CNRS validation
  • Specific terms of use

📋 Technical Features

🔄 Availability

High Availability mode (automatic healing and failover)

🔒 Security

  • Authentication: Bcrypt password hashing

🔄 Redundancy

Client data is redundant

🔌 API and Integrations

API available (with versioning notes)

📝 Version Management

Versioning of experiments and files (copies kept on changes)


🔗 Access

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