Features

  • Install and start in one command line
  • Limited dependencies: Docker, Perl (and Linux).
  • 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)
  • 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)