Welcome to elabftw’s documentation!¶

Introduction¶
eLabFTW is a PHP application using MySQL to store data persistently. Once installed on a server, users can register an account and start using their electronic lab notebook.

Several teams can be hosted on the same install. Ideally, it is installed at the institution/company level. But individual teams can install it for themselves, too. Or you can run it locally on your computer.
It is distributed through Docker images, ensuring portability and added security. See the Docker documentation for more infos.
Check out the list of features.
See this page to install it on your server.
See this page if you don’t own a server already.
Installation
Usage
- User guide
- Admin guide
- Sysadmin guide
- How to backup
- How to update
Documentation
- Contributing
- Frequently asked questions
- Is it totally free?
- But how is it better than something I can buy?
- What about patents and intellectual property?
- Why use eLabFTW?
- Is this system stable? Can I trust my data with it?
- Who else is using it?
- Is the data encrypted?
- Is eLabFTW still maintained?
- Will I be able to import my plasmids/antibodies/whatever in the database from a Excel file?
- Can I try it before I install it?
- What about data retention/traceability
- Is it compliant to 21CFR Part 11?
- What about compliance to standards?
- What are the technical specifications?
- How to have folders or projects grouping experiments?
- Failed creating uploads/ directory
- I can’t upload a file bigger than 2 Mb
- I can’t export my (numerous) experiments in zip, I get an error 500
- Languages don’t work
- Time is wrong
- How to change the team of a user?
- Can I change the date format?
- What App can I use for two-factor authentication (2FA) and what settings are used?
- What is the meaning of ‘FTW’?
- Features
- About Docker
- Upgrade a normal install to a Docker install
- API
- Configure LDAP authentication
- Configure SAML2 authentication
- Debug
Miscellaneous
- Thanks
- Changelog
- Version 3.6.7
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