Indigo ELN
Indigo ELN is a free electronic lab notebook for scientists creating and managing chemistry records.
What Indigo ELN is
Indigo ELN is a free electronic lab notebook for scientists creating and managing chemistry records. It organizes research into projects, notebooks, experiments, and components, and lets users create experiment templates or add components without changing the core code. The core package includes Ketcher for editing chemical structures and Indigo for rendering reactions and calculating chemical properties. Records can be searched by entity attributes; with BingoDB integration, searches can also use product structures or reaction schemes. APIs support connections to customer services, databases, and electronic signature services. Role-based authorities and access control lists can be applied to projects, notebooks, and experiments. Users can print project, notebook, and experiment pages to PDF and import or export SDF files. Indigo ELN is web-based and can be self-hosted; a Docker image is available, and the repository documents local Docker installation and AWS deployment. The core product is free under GNU GPL version 3 and is provided without warranty. The demo environment is unavailable while work toward a publicly accessible version 3.0 environment continues.
Good
- Experiment templates can be customized without core-code changes
- Includes chemical structure and reaction tools
- Supports PDF printing and SDF import and export
- Free core product under GNU GPL version 3
Watch out
- Provided without warranty
- Demo environment is currently unavailable
Who it suits
Indigo ELN suits scientists who need to create, organize, search, and share chemistry research records. It may also fit teams seeking a self-hosted web notebook with APIs and access controls.
Verdict
Indigo ELN offers chemistry-specific record tools, access controls, and several deployment options at no charge for the core product. Users should account for its GPL v3 license and the unavailable demo environment.
Plans and prices
From Indigo ELN's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Core Indigo ELN | Free | Core product is free of charge · GNU General Public License v3 |
The facts
Each one read from Indigo ELN's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- It supports role based authorities and access control lists for projects, notebooks, and experiments.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Chemistry tools
- The core package includes Ketcher for chemical structure editing and Indigo for reaction rendering and chemical property calculations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Current availability
- The repository says the demo environment is unavailable while the team works toward a publicly accessible environment for version 3.0.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Users can create experiment templates and add components without changing the core code.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The product is web based, and the maker says a Docker image is available.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Users can print project, notebook, and experiment pages to PDF and export or import SDF files.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The repository documents local Docker installation and deployment on AWS.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product supports APIs for integrating customer services, databases, and electronic signature services.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License limitation
- The maker's page says Indigo ELN is distributed under GNU GPL version 3 and provided without warranty.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Projects and records
- The system organizes research through projects, notebooks, experiments, and components.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Indigo ELN helps scientists create, store, retrieve, and share electronic records of chemistry information.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search by entity attributes and, with BingoDB integration, by product structure or reaction scheme.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- EPAM offers customization, integration, support, and maintenance services priced according to individual needs.checked 8 Oct 2026
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