- Install and start in one command line
- Limited dependencies: Docker, Perl and Linux (x86/AMD64)*
- Easy to maintain (auto-update by command line arguments)
- Modular and extensible (public and custom modules)
- Flexible (enable/disable modules, switch to local or alternative versions)
- Highly customizable (config, data sources, CMS features with themes, modules)
- Open source and (always) free
- Advanced user experience through integrated CMS (Drupal)
- Persistent data (backups, data releases)
- Data import/export and mapping from (almost) any sources (files, DB, REST)
- Easy to integrate to existing systems (data can be accessed "in place")
- REST services (standards and customs easy to setup)
- Network architecture support (multi-sites)
- FAIR-oriented (metadata integration, ontologies, export tools and UI items)
- User and permission management interface (with access restrictions)
- Facilitate collaboration (REST services, user access, data comment support)
- Supported (based on community-supported elements like Docker and Drupal)
*: It is designed for Linux but also supports other architectures. It works on Windows and some Macs. Some other Macs still have issues that are under investigations. For Windows and Mac architectures, due to poor performances and/or permission issues, the GenoRing file system is not exposed on the local file system by default. It can be accessed through Docker or using the local export feature.