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| released              = {{Start date|2005|09|26}}<ref name="BL1.0">{{cite web |url=http://plone.org/products/bika/releases/1.0.1 |title=Bika LIMS 1.0.1 |publisher=Plone Foundation |date=26 September 2005 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
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| genre                  = [[Laboratory informatics]] software
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| license                = GNU General Public License
| license                = GNU Affero General Public License and GNU General Public License<ref name="BLLic">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/gpllicense |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327020133/http://www.bikalabs.com/gpllicense |title=License |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |archivedate=27 March 2016 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>
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'''Bika LIMS''' is a free open-source [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) solution released under the GNU Affero General Public License and the GNU General Public License. [[Vendor:Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.|Bika Lab Systems]], the company that develops the software, also sells customization, hosting, and support services for Bika LIMS users who wish more out of their LIMS.<ref name="BikaServices">{{cite web |url=https://www.bikalims.org/support-and-service-provision/index_html |title=Support and Service Provision. Hosting |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>


'''Bika LIMS''' is a free open-source [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) solution released under a GNU general public license. [[Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.|Bika Lab Systems]], the company the develops the software, also sells customization, hosting, and support services for Bika LIMS users who wish more out of their LIMS.<ref name=BikaServer>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod/server |title=Standard Server - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
The name "Bika" comes from the Zulu language, meaning "to report."<ref name="BL2.1">{{cite web |url=http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik108.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008023520/http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik108.html |title=Bika Lims 2.1 Inkosi open source release |publisher=Laboratorytalk |date=4 June 2008 |archivedate=08 October 2008 |accessdate=08 October 2016}}</ref>
 
The name "Bika" comes from the Zulu language, meaning "to report."<ref name="BL2.1">{{cite web |url=http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik108.html |title=Bika Lims 2.1 Inkosi open source release |publisher=Laboratorytalk |date=4 June 2008 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>


==Product history==
==Product history==


Bika LIMS seems to have started with version 1.01, with a public release on September 26, 2005.<ref name="BL1.0" /> That was followed up by version 1.1 on February 16, 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://plone.org/products/bika/releases/1.1.0 |title=Bika LIMS 1.1.0 |publisher=Plone Foundation |date=16 February 2006 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>, featuring custom sample types, schema editors, late analysis alerts, and performance improvements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/6762 |title=Bika LIMS 1.1 Released |publisher=PR.com |date=15 February 2006 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> Version 1.2.2 in early 2007 brought with it improved internationalization and performance through better caching and compression techniques.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tectonic.co.za/?p=1349 |title=Open source laboratory management powers up |publisher=Tectonic |date=2 February 2007 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
Bika LIMS seems to have started with version 1.01, with a public release on September 26, 2005.<ref name="BL1.0" /> That was followed up by version 1.1 on February 16, 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=https://plone.org/products/bika/releases/1.1.0 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822114636/http://plone.org/products/bika/releases/1.1.0 |title=Bika LIMS 1.1.0 |publisher=Plone Foundation |date=16 February 2006 |archivedate=22 August 2007 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>, featuring custom sample types, schema editors, late analysis alerts, and performance improvements.<ref name="BL1.1PR">{{cite web |url=http://www.pr.com/press-release/6762 |title=Bika LIMS 1.1 Released |publisher=PR.com |date=15 February 2006 |accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> Version 1.2.2 in early 2007 brought with it "improved internationalization and performance through better caching and compression techniques."<ref name="BL122">{{cite web |url=http://tectonic.co.za/?p=1349 |title=Open source laboratory management powers up |publisher=Tectonic |date=02 February 2007 |accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref>


Version 2.1 was released on May 26, 2008, featuring a more developed quality control suite and increased automated functionality for further efficiency in the lab.<ref name="BL2.1" /> This release was originally intended as version 2.0<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.0 |title=Bika LIMS 2.0 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>, but 2.0 was skipped and incremented to 2.1 because "the original 2.0 LIMS specification grew somewhat."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.1 |title=Bika LIMS 2.1 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> At the time 2.1 was released, it was reported Bika LIMS had been downloaded more than 12,500 times.<ref name="BL2.1" />  
Version 2.1 was released on May 26, 2008, featuring a more developed quality control suite and increased automated functionality for further efficiency in the lab.<ref name="BL2.1" /> This release was originally intended as version 2.0<ref name="BL2.0">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.0 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422175655/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.0 |title=Bika LIMS 2.0 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>, but 2.0 was skipped and incremented to 2.1 because "the original 2.0 LIMS specification grew somewhat."<ref name="BL2.1Bika">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422181006/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.1 |title=Bika LIMS 2.1 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> At the time 2.1 was released, it was reported Bika LIMS had been downloaded more than 12,500 times.<ref name="BL2.1" />  


2.2 arrived in mid-December, bringing with it the ability to send results as file attachments, better bulk analysis request implementation, as well as better worksheets, queries, and data formatting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik109.html |title=Bika announces Inkosi Lims update |publisher=Laboratorytalk |date=15 December 2009 |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> 2.3.2 was released in June 2011, bringing with it many performance improvements and enhancements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.3.2 |title=Bika LIMS 2.3.2 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
2.2 arrived in mid-December, bringing with it the ability to send results as file attachments, better bulk analysis request implementation, and better worksheets, queries, and data formatting.<ref name="BL2.2">{{cite web |url=http://laboratorytalk.com/article/362030/bika-announces-inkosi-lims-upd |title=Bika announces Inkosi Lims update |publisher=Laboratorytalk |date=14 December 2009 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref> 2.3.2 was released in June 2011, bringing with it many performance improvements and enhancements, including the addition of analysis categories, instrument-specific export of worksheets, and SMS support.<ref name="BL232">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.3.2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422173914/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.3.2 |title=Bika LIMS 2.3.2 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>


Work on version 3.0 has been ongoing, with an original estimated completion date of March 31, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0a1 |title=Bika LIMS 3.0a1 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> As of April 6, however, the development site still showed several pieces of functionality as being only 30–70 percent complete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bika3.bikalabs.com/index_html#fieldsetlegend-Status |title=Gaob Bika LIMS 3 demonstration installation |publisher=Bika Lab Systems |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref>
Bika Lab Systems later announced that work on version 3.0 was ongoing, with an original estimated completion date of March 31, 2012.<ref name="BL3.0a1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0a1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422175304/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0a1 |title=Bika LIMS 3.0a1 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref> The first release candidate of version 3.0 arrived September 2012<ref name="BLRC1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0rc1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422174742/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0rc1 |title=Bika LIMS 3.0rc1 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |date=20 September 2012 |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>, and in February 2013 a second release candidate was released.<ref name="BLRC2">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/article/newsevents/archive/2013/lims30rc2 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422174133/http://www.bikalabs.com/article/newsevents/archive/2013/lims30rc2/ |title=Gaob Bika LIMS 3 Release Candidate 2 |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |date=15 February 2013 |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref>


==Features==
On August 26, 2013, a notice was posted on the project's SourceForge page indicating the "downloading of earlier Bika versions is being discontinued here,"<ref name="BikaSF">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika/files/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115023355/http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika/files/? |title=Bika Open Source LIS/LIMS > Files |publisher=SourceForge |archivedate=15 November 2015 |accessdate=04 October 2016}}</ref> with downloads moving to GitHub. The same day Bika Lab Systems announced similar news on its website that downloads of version 2.x were being removed "to prevent confusion" with the beta and release candidate releases of version 3.0 of the software.<ref name="BL20End">{{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/article/newsevents/archive/2013/inkosidiscontinued |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422181011/http://www.bikalabs.com/article/newsevents/archive/2013/inkosidiscontinued/ |title=Inkosi Bika LIMS 2 'discontinued' |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |date=26 August 2013 |archivedate=22 April 2016 |accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref>


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Version 3.1.5 was released on October 6, 2014, adding a few new features like additional watermark support and management of custom preparation workflows, and fixing several bugs.<ref name="BLChange">{{cite web |url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bikalabs/Bika-LIMS/57b5beafdcb03c5478cce9bf04425a838b7d73e9/CHANGELOG.txt |title=CHANGELOG.txt |publisher=GitHub |accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> Additional releases have been made since then, with the latest being 3.1.13 in December 2016.


At some point in 2016, Bika began integrating additional features into its LIMS for cannabis testing labs.<ref name="BikaCannabisLIMSMethods">{{cite web |url=https://cannabis.bikalims.org/methods |title=Bika Cannabis LIMS |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd |accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>


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===SENAITE===
|-
In 2017, the SENAITE Foundation—consisting of developers Riding Bytes and Naralabs—essentially forked and created a derivative version of Bika LIMS called [[SENAITE]] designed to be more modular architecturally in order to make contributions easier for newcomers and the application easier to maintain, integrating modern JavaScript frameworks, mobile-friendly Bootstrap, and a RESTful JSON API.<ref name="NLSENAITE18">{{cite web |url=https://naralabs.com/en/blog/senaite-professional-open-source-lims-the-evolution-of-bika-lims |title=SENAITE, Professional Open Source LIMS. The evolution of Bika LIMS |publisher=Naralabs |date=04 January 2018 |accessdate=04 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="RBSENAITE18">{{cite web |url=http://www.ridingbytes.com/2018/01/06/senaite-professional-open-source-lims/ |title=SENAITE, Professional Open Source LIMS |publisher=Riding Bytes |date=06 January 2018 |accessdate=04 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="SmitBika18">{{cite web |url=https://www.bikalims.org/news/Bika_LIMS_death_premature |title=Bika LIMS development stops. Long live |author=Smit, L. |publisher=Bika Lab Systems Pty. Ltd |date=04 January 2019 |accessdate=04 June 2019}}</ref> A potential conflict about naming rights and contributors/users needing to pay may have also prompted Riding Bytes and Naralabs (previous contributors to Bika LIMS) to fork the project and go on their own.<ref name="SmitBika18" /><ref name="BartlHowCan19">{{cite web |url=https://community.senaite.org/t/how-can-senaite-be-maintained-open-source/271 |title=How can SENAITE be maintained Open Source |author=Bartl, R. |work=SENAITE Community Forum |date=12 August 2019 |accessdate=15 October 2019}}</ref>  
  ! colspan="2"| Product: [http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod Bika LIMS]
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
|-  
  | Sample login and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Sample tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-  
  | Sample and/or result batching?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Task and event scheduling?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-  
  | Option for manual result entry?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Multiple data viewing methods?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-  
  | Data and trend analysis?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Data and equipment sharing?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Customizable fields and/or interface?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=Bika30>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0 |title=Bika LIMS 3.0 - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref>
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  | Query capability?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Import data?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
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  | Internal file or data linking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | External file or data linking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | [[ELN]] support or integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Export data to MS Excel?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Export raw date?
  | style="background-color:white;"|  
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  | Data warehouse?
  | style="background-color:white;"| 
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  | Deadline control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Production control?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Project and/or task management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Inventory management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Document creation and/or management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Case management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | [[Workflow]] management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Specification management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Customer management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Billing management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Quality, Security, and Compliance
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  | Regulatory compliance?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.bikalabs.com/bikaprod |title=Bika LIMS Products - Bika Lab Systems |publisher=Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. |accessdate=18 January 2012}}</ref>
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  | QA / QC functions?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Performance evaluation?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | [[Audit trail]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | [[Chain of custody]]?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Configurable roles and security?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
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  | Data normalization?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Data validation?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Data encryption?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Version control?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=Bika30 />
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  | Automatic data backup?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Environmental monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
|-
  | Custom reporting?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Report printing?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Label support?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Barcode support?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to PDF?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  | Export to MS Word?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Export to HTML and/or XML?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Fax integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Email integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
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  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Base Functionality
|-
  | Administrator management?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Modular?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Instrument interfacing and management?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Mobile device integration?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Alarms and/or alerts?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Work-related time tracking?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | Voice recognition system?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  | External monitoring?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | Messaging?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-  
  | Multilingual?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-  
  | Network-capable?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Web client or portal?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Online or integrated help?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaServer />
|-
  | [[SaaS]] delivery option?
  | style="background-color:white;"| Y<ref name=BikaHome />
|-
  | Usage-based cost?
  | style="background-color:white;"|
|-
  ! colspan="2" style="color:brown; background-color:#ffffee;"| Industries Served
|-
  |colspan="2" style="background-color:white;"| chemical, environmental, food and beverage,<br />public health and service
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|}


Please refer to the [[Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.|Bika Lab Systems]] page for more about the features of Bika LIMS.
Bika Lab Systems' involvement with the SENAITE project is unclear, as the SENAITE Foundation doesn't list Bika Labs as a contributor. It appears development of Bika LIMS may have stopped with the SENAITE project<ref name="SmitBika18" />, as the last Bika LIMS release on GitHub was 3.2.1rc2 on September 15, 2017. However, it appears that Bika LIMS' underlying code has been replaced with that of SENAITE.


For more about Bika's general public license and free nature, please reference Bika's [http://www.bikalabs.com/gpllicense website].
==Features==
For more about Bika's features, see the website.


==Hardware/software requirements==
==Hardware/software requirements==
 
Installation requirements may vary depending on if you use a Linux or Windows install. Reference the [https://github.com/bikalims/bika.lims/wiki/Bika-LIMS-Installation installation documentation] for details.
Installation requirements may vary depending on if you use a Linux or Windows install. Reference the [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/manual/bika-installation-guides installation documentation] for details.


==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
==Videos, screenshots, and other media==


===Videos===
===Videos===
 
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* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/inkosivideos/inkosisimplear Creating a simple analysis request]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/inkosivideos/inkosiadvancedar Advanced analysis request creation]
* [http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/inkosivideos/inkosiadvancedar Advanced analysis request creation]
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===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===


A screenshot of Bika LIMS can be found on [http://ostatic.com/bika/screenshot/1 OStatic].


===Demo===
===Demo===


Access the online demo [http://demo.bikalabs.com/ here].
Access the online demo [https://www.bikalims.org/demos here].


==Entities using Bika LIMS==
==Entities using Bika LIMS==
According to the Bika website, users include<ref name="BikaIndex" />:
BBK, Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental, City of uMhlathuze, Quantum Analytical Services, South African Wine Laboratory Association, Sri Lanka Medical Research Institute, and Tecnologías Informáticas Productivas


==See also==
==See also==


* [[Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.|Bika Lab Systems]]
* [[Vendor:Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd.|Bika Lab Systems]]


==Further reading==
==Further reading==


* {{cite web |url=http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre |title=Documentation for Bika LIMS |publisher=Bika Lab Systems}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.bikalims.org/manual |title=Bika User manual |publisher=Bika Lab Systems}}
* [https://github.com/bikalims/bika.lims/wiki/Community Bika LIMS Community Help]


==External links==
==External links==


* [https://github.com/bikalabs/Bika-LIMS Bika LIMS] on GitHub
* [https://github.com/bikalabs/bika.lims Bika LIMS] on GitHub
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika/ Bika LIMS] on SourceForge
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101120532/http://plone.org/products/bika Bika LIMS] on Plone (archived)
* [http://plone.org/products/bika Bika LIMS] on Plone


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 20:53, 31 May 2024

Bika LIMS
Developer(s) Bika Lab Systems
Initial release September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)[1]
Stable release

3.2.1rc2  (September 15, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-09-15))

[±]
Preview release none [±]
Written in Python, Zope, Plone[2]
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) GNU Affero General Public License and GNU General Public License[3]
Website BikaLabs.com

Bika LIMS is a free open-source laboratory information management system (LIMS) solution released under the GNU Affero General Public License and the GNU General Public License. Bika Lab Systems, the company that develops the software, also sells customization, hosting, and support services for Bika LIMS users who wish more out of their LIMS.[4]

The name "Bika" comes from the Zulu language, meaning "to report."[5]

Product history

Bika LIMS seems to have started with version 1.01, with a public release on September 26, 2005.[1] That was followed up by version 1.1 on February 16, 2006[6], featuring custom sample types, schema editors, late analysis alerts, and performance improvements.[7] Version 1.2.2 in early 2007 brought with it "improved internationalization and performance through better caching and compression techniques."[8]

Version 2.1 was released on May 26, 2008, featuring a more developed quality control suite and increased automated functionality for further efficiency in the lab.[5] This release was originally intended as version 2.0[9], but 2.0 was skipped and incremented to 2.1 because "the original 2.0 LIMS specification grew somewhat."[10] At the time 2.1 was released, it was reported Bika LIMS had been downloaded more than 12,500 times.[5]

2.2 arrived in mid-December, bringing with it the ability to send results as file attachments, better bulk analysis request implementation, and better worksheets, queries, and data formatting.[11] 2.3.2 was released in June 2011, bringing with it many performance improvements and enhancements, including the addition of analysis categories, instrument-specific export of worksheets, and SMS support.[12]

Bika Lab Systems later announced that work on version 3.0 was ongoing, with an original estimated completion date of March 31, 2012.[13] The first release candidate of version 3.0 arrived September 2012[14], and in February 2013 a second release candidate was released.[15]

On August 26, 2013, a notice was posted on the project's SourceForge page indicating the "downloading of earlier Bika versions is being discontinued here,"[16] with downloads moving to GitHub. The same day Bika Lab Systems announced similar news on its website that downloads of version 2.x were being removed "to prevent confusion" with the beta and release candidate releases of version 3.0 of the software.[17]

Version 3.1.5 was released on October 6, 2014, adding a few new features like additional watermark support and management of custom preparation workflows, and fixing several bugs.[18] Additional releases have been made since then, with the latest being 3.1.13 in December 2016.

At some point in 2016, Bika began integrating additional features into its LIMS for cannabis testing labs.[19]

SENAITE

In 2017, the SENAITE Foundation—consisting of developers Riding Bytes and Naralabs—essentially forked and created a derivative version of Bika LIMS called SENAITE designed to be more modular architecturally in order to make contributions easier for newcomers and the application easier to maintain, integrating modern JavaScript frameworks, mobile-friendly Bootstrap, and a RESTful JSON API.[20][21][22] A potential conflict about naming rights and contributors/users needing to pay may have also prompted Riding Bytes and Naralabs (previous contributors to Bika LIMS) to fork the project and go on their own.[22][23]

Bika Lab Systems' involvement with the SENAITE project is unclear, as the SENAITE Foundation doesn't list Bika Labs as a contributor. It appears development of Bika LIMS may have stopped with the SENAITE project[22], as the last Bika LIMS release on GitHub was 3.2.1rc2 on September 15, 2017. However, it appears that Bika LIMS' underlying code has been replaced with that of SENAITE.

Features

For more about Bika's features, see the website.

Hardware/software requirements

Installation requirements may vary depending on if you use a Linux or Windows install. Reference the installation documentation for details.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Videos

No videos are currently available.

Screenshots

Demo

Access the online demo here.

Entities using Bika LIMS

According to the Bika website, users include[24]:

BBK, Centro de Investigación en Contaminación Ambiental, City of uMhlathuze, Quantum Analytical Services, South African Wine Laboratory Association, Sri Lanka Medical Research Institute, and Tecnologías Informáticas Productivas

See also

Further reading

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bika LIMS 1.0.1". Plone Foundation. 26 September 2005. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070818155712/http://plone.org/products/bika/releases/1.0.1. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  2. ↑ "Platform". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160327043136/http://www.bikalabs.com/technology. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  3. ↑ "License". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160327020133/http://www.bikalabs.com/gpllicense. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  4. ↑ "Support and Service Provision. Hosting". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. https://www.bikalims.org/support-and-service-provision/index_html. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Bika Lims 2.1 Inkosi open source release". Laboratorytalk. 4 June 2008. Archived from the original on 08 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008023520/http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/bik/bik108.html. Retrieved 08 October 2016. 
  6. ↑ "Bika LIMS 1.1.0". Plone Foundation. 16 February 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070822114636/http://plone.org/products/bika/releases/1.1.0. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  7. ↑ "Bika LIMS 1.1 Released". PR.com. 15 February 2006. http://www.pr.com/press-release/6762. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  8. ↑ "Open source laboratory management powers up". Tectonic. 2 February 2007. http://tectonic.co.za/?p=1349. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  9. ↑ "Bika LIMS 2.0". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422175655/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.0. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  10. ↑ "Bika LIMS 2.1". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422181006/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.1. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  11. ↑ "Bika announces Inkosi Lims update". Laboratorytalk. 14 December 2009. http://laboratorytalk.com/article/362030/bika-announces-inkosi-lims-upd. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  12. ↑ "Bika LIMS 2.3.2". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422173914/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/2.3.2. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  13. ↑ "Bika LIMS 3.0a1". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422175304/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0a1. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  14. ↑ "Bika LIMS 3.0rc1". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. 20 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422174742/http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0rc1. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  15. ↑ "Gaob Bika LIMS 3 Release Candidate 2". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. 15 February 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422174133/http://www.bikalabs.com/article/newsevents/archive/2013/lims30rc2/. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  16. ↑ "Bika Open Source LIS/LIMS > Files". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 15 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151115023355/http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika/files/?. Retrieved 04 October 2016. 
  17. ↑ "Inkosi Bika LIMS 2 'discontinued'". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422181011/http://www.bikalabs.com/article/newsevents/archive/2013/inkosidiscontinued/. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  18. ↑ "CHANGELOG.txt". GitHub. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bikalabs/Bika-LIMS/57b5beafdcb03c5478cce9bf04425a838b7d73e9/CHANGELOG.txt. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  19. ↑ "Bika Cannabis LIMS". Bika Lab Systems (Pty) Ltd. https://cannabis.bikalims.org/methods. Retrieved 15 March 2017. 
  20. ↑ "SENAITE, Professional Open Source LIMS. The evolution of Bika LIMS". Naralabs. 4 January 2018. https://naralabs.com/en/blog/senaite-professional-open-source-lims-the-evolution-of-bika-lims. Retrieved 04 June 2019. 
  21. ↑ "SENAITE, Professional Open Source LIMS". Riding Bytes. 6 January 2018. http://www.ridingbytes.com/2018/01/06/senaite-professional-open-source-lims/. Retrieved 04 June 2019. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Smit, L. (4 January 2019). "Bika LIMS development stops. Long live". Bika Lab Systems Pty. Ltd. https://www.bikalims.org/news/Bika_LIMS_death_premature. Retrieved 04 June 2019. 
  23. ↑ Bartl, R. (12 August 2019). "How can SENAITE be maintained Open Source". SENAITE Community Forum. https://community.senaite.org/t/how-can-senaite-be-maintained-open-source/271. Retrieved 15 October 2019. 
  24. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BikaIndex
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