# eLabFTW

> eLabFTW is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the CMS category. Online lab notebook for research labs. Store experiments, use a database to find reagents or protocols, use trusted timestamping to legally timestamp an experiment, export as pdf or zip archive…. It has 1,437 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and ships a Docker image.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw |
| Website | https://www.elabftw.net/ |
| Demo | https://demo.elabftw.net/ |
| GitHub stars | 1,437 |
| Forks | 337 |
| Open issues | 259 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | PHP |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Categories | CMS |
| Commits, last 12 months | 825 |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Latest release | 6.0.6 (Oct 4, 2026) |
| Created | Dec 14, 2012 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: laboratory, notebook, lims, php, mysql, docker

## Install

eLabFTW ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw for the image name and environment variables.

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