eLabFTW is an electronic laboratory notebook designed for broad application in many scientific fields. It is an open source system with an active community that continuously provides improvements and expands the range of functions.

eLabFTW offers a text editor that supports various markup languages such as LaTeX or Markdown. Users can draw and integrate graphics and structural formulae, as well as attach any files. Entries can be uniquely referenced via an identifier and can be structured via links and tags, which facilitates more structured data organisation. Customisable forms can be used to record metadata and thus enable standardised documentation. It also allows simple resource management of laboratory equipment, samples or projects, which can also be referenced. In addition to a browser-based interface, it features a very extensive API. There are administrative functions such as the integration of timestamp services for preserving evidence or a basic permission management.

The HRZ of the TU Darmstadt operates a central instance of eLabFTW that is available for all TU researchers. Teams are created in this instance upon request via the HRZ website.