# LabTools

> LabTools is a free scientific research application for labs: a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, a web app and an iPhone app, on one account. Analyze data with 25+ publication-ready plot types and a complete statistics engine, collaborate within your lab and with other labs, and keep experiments, projects, protocols and notebooks organized in one place, so writing the manuscript is easier.

LabTools is made by Filliaux Industries. It is for three things: collaboration, one home per experiment, an easier manuscript. Free. Every feature is unlocked, there is no trial period and no credit card. Cloud storage on an account is capped (currently 50 MB); files kept on your own computer are not counted. LabTools is in early access (alpha). Downloads need an access password, which you can request through the alpha programme (shaun@thelabtools.com) or the contact page.

Platforms: Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit (installer with signed automatic updates); macOS on Apple Silicon (M-series) Macs (.dmg); Linux x86_64 (AppImage and .deb; needs glibc 2.36 or newer and WebKitGTK 4.1, for example Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04); Web app in any modern browser: sign in at https://www.thelabtools.com for your files, experiments, notebooks, protocols, messages, calendar and teams; iPhone app (beta, through TestFlight; the invite is on the download page). Latest release: 0.18.13 (2026-10-13).

One account works everywhere. The desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux) does the full analysis, plotting and figure work and keeps working offline; the web app reaches your files, experiments, notebooks and messages from any browser; the iPhone app (beta) keeps your lab, messages and files with you at the bench. All of them use the same cloud workspace.

## Product

- [Home](https://www.thelabtools.com/): What LabTools is, how the workflow goes from data to manuscript, and a short FAQ.
- [Features](https://www.thelabtools.com/features): Every feature area: analysis and plotting, figures and manuscripts, lab management, collaboration, agents, instrument tools, platform and security, with in-development items labelled.
- [Technology](https://www.thelabtools.com/technology): How the app is built (native Rust statistics engine, data import, chart pipeline, figure workflow) and an honest comparison with GraphPad Prism, Origin, Excel, R and Python, JMP, SPSS and electronic lab notebooks.
- [Download](https://www.thelabtools.com/download): Installers for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux (AppImage, .deb), and the iPhone beta (TestFlight). Early access: a download password is required.
- [Examples](https://www.thelabtools.com/examples): Example figures made in LabTools, each with its data, methods text and a full statistical report.
- [Demo and tutorials](https://www.thelabtools.com/demo): Step-by-step tutorials with screenshots and video for histograms, box plots, scatter plots, t-tests, ANOVA and more.
- [Changelog](https://www.thelabtools.com/changelog): Release notes for every LabTools Desktop version.
- [Help Center](https://www.thelabtools.com/help): Answers to common questions about accounts, downloads, features, pricing and security.
- [FiTrace2](https://www.thelabtools.com/fitrace): Companion Windows app for AFM image analysis of biological samples: DNA tracing, particle measurement, Bruker .spm/.pfc files.
- [White paper](https://www.thelabtools.com/whitepaper): The design of LabTools: one platform from data acquisition to publication.
- [Free lab calculators](https://www.thelabtools.com/public/calculations): DNA (A260, ng/µL to nM, copy number, ligation, oligo MW), PCR (master mix, primer Tm), protein (MW, ε280, pI, A280) and dilution (C1V1, serial, molarity) calculators in the browser, each with its equations; no account needed.
- [Scheduling poll](https://www.thelabtools.com/schedule): Free meeting-time poll: propose slots, invite people by email, no account needed to vote.
- [About](https://www.thelabtools.com/about): Who makes LabTools: Filliaux Industries, founded by a biophysicist.
- [Contact](https://www.thelabtools.com/support/contact): Contact support or ask to join the alpha programme.

## Full facts

- [llms-full.txt](https://www.thelabtools.com/llms-full.txt): Features, platforms, pricing, collaboration, AFM tools, the agent interface (JSON-RPC, CLI, MCP) and FAQ answers in one plain-text file.

## Optional

- [Filliaux Industries](https://filliaux.com): The company behind LabTools.
- [Data Analysis service](https://data.filliaux.com/): Quantitative AFM image analysis as a service from the same team.
- [Privacy policy](https://www.thelabtools.com/privacy)
- [Terms of service](https://www.thelabtools.com/terms)
- [End user licence agreement](https://www.thelabtools.com/license)
- [Cookie policy](https://www.thelabtools.com/cookies)