eLabFTW
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, share with collaborators….
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Still maintained? Yes: 300 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 5.6.15 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
eLabFTW quick facts
- Health score
- 83/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,471
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 5.6.15, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "eLabFTW® is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
eLabFTW scores 83/100, #17 of 48 in Content Management Systems (CMS): 300 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (5.6.15, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,471 stars add 12.7 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
300 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
5.6.15 released 9 days ago
- Stars 12.7 / 20
1.5k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 300
- Last 90 days
- 897
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 48 tools in Content Management Systems (CMS) by health , between CraftCMS (#16) and Kirby (#18) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 5.6.15 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 1,471 |
| Open issues | 271 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | elabftw/elabftw ↗ |
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eLabFTW: common questions
Is eLabFTW still maintained?
eLabFTW had 300 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 5.6.15, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.