Data analysis & visualization
25+ plot types including histograms, boxplots, raincloud, volcano and PCA. Built-in statistical tests, effect sizes and power analysis, styled for the journal from the first click.
The research infrastructure · free for academics
From raw data to published figure, in one place.
LabTools is the scientific research app built by researchers, for researchers: on your desktop, in the browser and on your iPhone, with one account. Analyse, plot, assemble figures and draft the manuscript on the same data, so a change in the analysis flows through to the paper without rebuilding anything by hand.
Runs onWindowsmacOSLinuxWebiPhone (beta)desktop works offline
ImportsCSVExcelinstrument filesExportsSVGPNGPDF
LabTools Desktop · plot → figure → manuscriptv0.18.14
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25+Plot types, every one publication-ready
1Place for analysis, figures, protocols and the manuscript
$0For academic and individual use, every feature unlocked
OfflineNative desktop app; cloud sync when you reconnect
The workflow
Plan. Execute. Analyze. Write.
Every stage works on the same underlying data, with collaborative authoring across the top and cloud storage underneath. Click a stage to see what it covers.
Everything your lab needs
One platform instead of ten subscriptions
From data analysis to team collaboration, without juggling separate tools that never quite talk to each other.
Lab management
Experiment planning, protocol versioning, notebooks with backlinks, inventory, and an activity log that gives every result an audit trail.
Team collaboration
Shared workspaces, real-time collaborative editing and video calling, designed around how research groups actually work.
Security by default
OAuth 2.0 sign-in with optional two-factor, TLS on every connection, row-level isolation, and no storage keys on your computer: the server checks your account before any file is read.
Agent-ready
A local JSON-RPC interface and MCP server let Claude and other agents drive plots, stats and experiments while you keep full provenance.
Universal compatibility
Import CSV, Excel and instrument formats. Export SVG, PNG and PDF. It fits the lab you already have.
See it work
Publication-quality plots in minutes
Import → plot → style → export, with the statistics on the figureReal screen capture
How it works
Four steps from instrument to journal
Step 01
Import your data
Drag and drop CSV, Excel or instrument files. Columns are detected and validated automatically.
any formatStep 02
Analyze and visualize
Pick from 25+ plot types, run the right statistical test, and tune every detail of the figure.
stats on the figureStep 03
Assemble the figure
Multi-panel figures that stay linked to the plots and data behind them. Change the analysis, the figure updates.
panels a, b, cStep 04
Publish and share
Export SVG, PNG or PDF straight into the manuscript, poster or slides, and share with your team.
journal-ready
Who it is for
Built for every role in the lab
Whether you're running experiments or running the lab, LabTools fits the workflow you already have.
Graduate students
Thesis-quality figures without expensive licences. Focus on the research, not the tooling.
Lab managers
Experiments, protocols and team activity in one place. Keep the lab organised without a spreadsheet of spreadsheets.
Principal investigators
Oversee output, guarantee reproducibility, and shorten the path from result to submission.
Core facilities
Standardise analysis across groups with shared templates, protocols and site licensing.
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Send atomic force microscopy images; get back distributions with statistics, the per-object data behind them, and a manifest of exactly how every number was produced. Thousands of objects per dataset, delivered within a week.
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Health Tracker
Nutrition, meals, workouts and biometrics with automatic Garmin import, on the same secure infrastructure. Log your health data as easily as you analyse your research.
What it replaces
Save thousands a year on software
- Statistical software: $600+/year
- Numerical computing: $800+/year
- Lab management software: $575+/year
- Other specialised tools: $1,000+/year
$3,000–$8,000 / year for a typical lab, versus free with every LabTools feature included.
Security you can trust
Your data stays yours
No keys on your PC
server checks every file request
OAuth 2.0 + JWT
authentication
HTTPS / TLS
every connection
Row-level isolation
per-user data
On the roadmap: NIH/NSF-compliant storage, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
LabTools is a free scientific research application for research groups, made by Filliaux Industries: a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, a web app and an iPhone app (beta), all on one account. It is built for collaboration within a lab, between labs and between universities, and it gives every experiment one home for its data, analysis, figures, protocols and notebook entries. Because plots, statistics and figures already live with the experiment, writing the manuscript starts from results that are organised rather than scattered across folders.
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.
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). 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.
Yes, the desktop app does. It is a native app (Tauri and Rust with a React interface). Analysis, plotting, notebooks and experiments work with no connection, and files pinned for offline use stay available. Cloud storage, teams, collaborations and calls need a connection.
More than 25 publication-ready chart types, including histograms, box, violin and raincloud plots, scatter, survival, ROC, Bland–Altman, forest, dose–response, volcano and PCA plots. A native statistics engine runs t-tests (Welch, Student, paired, one-sample), Mann–Whitney U, Wilcoxon signed-rank, Kruskal–Wallis, one- and two-way ANOVA, ANOVA, normality and variance tests, correlation, effect sizes, multiple-comparison correction, power analysis, contingency tables, meta-analysis and curve fitting. Figures export to SVG, PNG and PDF.
Yes. LabTools reads AFM force curves and force maps (Asylum Research force maps (.ARDF) and single curves (.ibw); JPK QI maps, force maps and force curves; Bruker NanoScope force files; text exports) and computes Young's modulus (Hertz, Sneddon, DMT and JKR contact models, with thin-film corrections) and breakthrough forces for supported lipid bilayers. AFM image analysis, such as DNA tracing and particle measurement, is done in the companion app FiTrace2 (Windows).
Yes. The desktop app runs a local JSON-RPC interface on 127.0.0.1 (loopback only, token-authenticated). The labtools command-line tool and the labtools-mcp MCP server sit on top of it, so Claude and other MCP clients can import data, run statistics, create plots and figures and manage experiments, with every step recorded in the app.
Those are established tools for plotting, statistics and numerical computing. LabTools also does publication plotting and the common statistical tests, but its focus is the whole path of an experiment: the analysis sits next to the experiment record, protocols, notebook, multi-panel figures, manuscript and collaborators, in one free app. It is not a general programming environment like MATLAB. LabTools is in early access, so check that the tests and chart types you rely on are listed on the features page.
Yes. Team workspaces give a lab shared storage and role-based access. Collaborations bring in people from other labs or universities, with shared files and folders, an updates timeline with comments, and chat. Experiments, manuscripts and collaborations are shared by invitation with a role, so nothing is shared by accident.
Sign-in uses OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect with optional two-factor authentication, and every request carries a token that the server checks. Database rows are isolated per user and per team. All connections use HTTPS/TLS. The desktop app holds no storage keys: the LabTools server checks your account before any cloud file is read or written.
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