# baobab.lims
**Repository Path**: lsq_gz/baobab.lims
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: baobab.lims
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 1
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-05-18
- **Last Updated**: 2022-03-08
## Categories & Tags
**Categories**: Uncategorized
**Tags**: None
## README
The latest information about Baobab LIMS community can be found on the [Baobab LIMS](https://baobablims.org/).
# Baobab LIMS
Baobab LIMS is an open-source laboratory information management system (LIMS) software that will ensure that researchers can track the lifecycle of a biospecimen in the laboratory from receipt to storage and reuse. This software ensures that sufficient metadata is captured.
_Baobab_ is a common name given to nine tree species in different countries in the world, mostly in Africa.
Baobab LIMS written in Plone, a python framework known for its robustness, and inherits some modules from Bika LIMS.
# QuickStart with Docker
Play with Docker will give you 4 hours to try Baobab LIMS in the cloud.
**[DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/) account needed.**
**Authentication: `admin:adminsecret`**
## Using [`Docker`](https://docs.docker.com/install/)
[](https://quay.io/repository/baobab-lims/baobab-lims)
Kindly install docker using instructions from [here](https://www.docker.com/community-edition) and run the following command:
```sh
docker run -p 8080:8080 quay.io/baobab-lims/baobab-lims
```
## Using [`docker-compose`](https://docs.docker.com/install/):
```sh
$ pip install docker-compose
...
$ git clone https://github.com/BaobabLims/baobab.lims.git
$ cd baobab.lims
$ docker-compose up -d
```
**Access Baobab LIMS on [localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080):**
- Click on **`Install a Baobab distribution`**.
- Check **`Baobab LIMS`** option, then click **`Install`** the form.
- Authentication: **`admin:adminsecret`**
# Standalone Installation
Baobab LIMS Standalone [installation](https://github.com/hocinebendou/baobab.lims/wiki/Installation)
# Further Documentation
- [User Manual](https://b3abiobank.sanbi.ac.za/demo/manual.pdf)
- [Github Wiki](https://github.com/hocinebendou/baobab.lims/wiki)
- [Online Documentation](https://baobab-lims.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)