Open-LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) is an organism independent project management suite for biological projects. It contains management for projects, samples and their related data.
Its design is based upon a workflow that encompasses pre-experimental and experimental processes. Post-experimental procedures such as data analysis can be added through software extensions.
Post-experimental procedures such as data analysis can be added through software extensions. This is experimental software which is not yet ready for a production environment.
Key Features
- Project management.
- Visualizes the current status of a project.
- 4 kinds of data. Files, values, methods and samples.
- Experiments/project in Open-LIMS are organised in organisation units.
Website: github.com/open-lims/open-lims
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Roman Konertz and contributors
License: GNU GPL v3

Open-LIMS is written in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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