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)