Features

General

  • Free as in speech

  • Free as in beer

  • Web application: accessible to users like any other website through their web browser

  • Multiple teams: one eLabFTW instance can host several teams, each composed of users, that can belong to multiple teams

  • Supported software: development and maintenance is ensured by the Deltablot company

For Sysadmins

  • Dockerized service: containerization technology facilitates deployments and updates, by ensuring a specific application environment

  • Centralized authentication with SAML2 or LDAP

  • S3 compatible object storage for uploaded files

  • Several options to configure the user provisioning workflow

  • Possibility to restrict email domains

Experiments and Resources

  • Status, Categories, Tags

  • Rich text editor (WYSIWYG) or Markdown editor

  • Advanced permission system

  • Upload multiple files of any kind

  • Insert images into text

  • Steps list

  • Templates

  • Duplicate entries

  • Supported export formats: PDF, PDF/A, JSON, ZIP, ELN, CSV

  • Advanced export and import functions for entries, users or teams

  • Supported import formats: CSV, ELN

  • Lock the experiment

  • Request reviews or actions from other users

  • Support for various file types that will render in 2D or 3D (.mol, .sdf, .pdb, etc…)

  • Links between entities

  • Molecule editor

  • User groups to restrict read access among a team

  • Doodle canvas

  • Rating system

Security

  • HTTPS

  • CSRF protection

  • Secure headers

  • Automated vulnerability scans on Docker images

  • Secure PHP settings

  • Anti bruteforce system

  • Secure storage of password (bcrypt)

  • Secure password reset mechanism

  • Option for new account admin validation

  • Two-factor authentication (TOTP)

  • Password policies with complexity and expiration

Intellectual property, integrity and imputability

  • RFC 3161 compliant Trusted Timestamping

  • Blockchain timestamping

  • Audit logs

  • Revisions and Changelog systems to track changes

  • Cryptographic signatures (ed25519)

  • Support for Keeex (see https://keeex.me/)

User experience

  • Lovely design (by @manonstripes)

  • Internationalization (several languages available)

  • Optimized code/assets for speed and correctness

  • WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance

  • Various configuration options for Sysadmins, Admins or Users

  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts

  • TODOlist