Collective Resources

Installation

Core Senaite code LIMS 

Bika addons 

Step-by-Step Senaite Install

Resources

  Manual,   Glossary of Terms

  Demonstration Installations

Free assistance

Please post questions and comment to the online forum, Bika Corral

Assistance is served by volunteers. Provide as much information possible to make it easy for them to understand your request.

Very lively Developer forum at Gitter

For snappier turnaround, try the Bika LIMS Slack room with real time tracker integration, mobile and desktop Slack chat room. Request Invite 

Slack Discussion History

Bika Mail. Project newsletter

Bika Mail archives

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For LIMS politics and combating FOSS FUD, suit up and join the LinkedIn LIMS Circus!

Contributions. Cattle, Code

Bug Reports

Well documented bug reports are hugely appreciated and contribute much to the rapid maturation of Open Source software. Jira Capture makes bug reporting fun

Log your finds here...  Issue Tracker

Improvement requests

Ditto for improvements and new features 

Translations

Crowd sourced translations at Transifex, add your own. How to  

LIMS Requirements submissions

Many User Specification and Requirements documentation has bee compiles over the years from the inputs of Bika users and clients, often starting out as Feature Requests in the tracker. See the list of Downloads

Archived Improvement and Feature Requests, HowTos and Stories

Sprints currently under way

 NB. LIMS code repo, wiki

The Biks LIMS code was assimilated in the Senaite repos where Bika continues to contribute. The Bika LIMS wiki is being deprecated... basics still apply for Senaite

Instrument Interface Specifications

Received from Clients over the years

Brochures 

2023 Brochure. The Undeniable Benefits of Professional Open Source LIMS

Chinese. 专业的开源LIMS系统

Downloads

Training

Video. Manual.   Request screen shared training (billable)

Donations

Considering how much labs gain by using Bika LIMS for free, very little is collected by donations. When it did happen, the commitment by the donor led to strong partnerships

Often needed to provide essential but small customisations to under sourced labs in remote locations  

Premier Bika Client sponsors

Advancing Bika Open Source LIMS, major releases:

BBK - Bika LIMS 1

Carpha - Bika Health 1

BBK - Bika Wine

Quantum - Inkosi Bika LIMS 2

Purity - Bika Health 2

City of uMhlathuze - Bika Water 1

Gaob Bika LIMS 3

Zimbabwe MoCC - Bika Health 3

SANBI - Bika Biobank 0.9

SA Wine Lab Assosiation - Bika Interlab 1, 2

Geoangol - Bika Fire Assay

Test It, HydroChem, AWTC Water Treatment Consultants - Bika Water