The open, smart and intuitive research information system
You do the research,
OSIRIS keeps track of it.
OSIRIS Portfolio turns your internal research information into a modern public website – directly connected to OSIRIS.
More about OSIRIS PortfolioOSIRIS is an open and freely available Current Research Information System (CRIS). It collects and links data on research activities – for example publications, talks, software, datasets, projects, teaching and more – prepares them and makes them explorable.
The focus is on non-university institutes, research networks and infrastructures that often do not fit well into classic university CRIS solutions. OSIRIS combines self-reporting by researchers with powerful interfaces (e.g. DOI services, OpenAlex, ORCID) and configurable workflows for quality assurance.
OSIRIS is already in productive use at several Leibniz institutes and research organisations and is developed openly together with the community.
We put a strong focus on usability and accessibility: clear interfaces, helpful defaults, keyboard support and both German and English language support. Always true to the motto:
"A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good.”
— Martin Leblanc
When we were looking for a system for our own institute, we found many CRIS solutions – but none that really fit: often too heavyweight, too expensive, too focused on universities with their own library or too rigid for modern, data-driven reporting.
For us, the ideal system should…
With OSIRIS it is actually fun to enter my activities.
— Dr. Judith Boldt, Scientist
With OSIRIS, maintaining research activities becomes a pleasant side task.
— Dr. Lorenz Reimer, Scientist
OSIRIS allows me to keep track of all my professional activities and even creates helpful visualizations of my entries.
— Dr. Martinique Frentrup, Scientist
A selection of what OSIRIS can do – the full feature list and examples are documented in the wiki.
OSIRIS is evolving continuously. As an open-source project, we invite the community to contribute! On GitHub, you can influence developments, report bugs and provide feedback or feature requests.
You need some basic IT skills – but OSIRIS is intentionally kept lightweight. It is designed to be installed in institutional IT environments and to run reliably over many years.
All you need is a web server with PHP and access to a MongoDB instance. From there, OSIRIS can be configured via the admin interface: institute details, departments, activity types, forms, workflows and more – all without touching the code.
Authentication usually happens via LDAP or SSO, so that users can log in with their familiar credentials and are created automatically on first login.
OSIRIS runs with PHP in the backend and JavaScript (jQuery) in the frontend. Data is stored in a document-based MongoDB database. A REST-like API makes it easy to connect dashboards, external websites and other systems.
You can operate OSIRIS classically on your own server or – if you prefer – via a Docker-based setup. Installation and configuration are described step by step in the OSIRIS wiki.
Find all instructions in the OSIRIS wikiOSIRIS is open source and can be used freely. If you want professional support, custom modules, hosting or long-term maintenance, our company OSIRIS Solutions GmbH is here to help.
We offer technical support, training, integration into your IT infrastructure, onboarding for research groups, and custom development tailored to your institute’s needs.
We are happy to support your institute on its way to modern, connected research information management.
Julia is a scientist at the DSMZ and co-founder of OSIRIS Solutions GmbH. She leads the Data Integration research group in the Bioinformatics department and has developed several databases and interactive web applications, such as MediaDive, CellDive and MetaboMAPS. Her research focuses on microorganisms, data integration and artificial intelligence.
Contact Julia , if you have questions about the technical implementation or data integration.
Dominic is a business economist, works in project controlling at the DSMZ and is co-founder of OSIRIS Solutions GmbH. He is responsible for reporting and uses the data collected in OSIRIS daily for evaluations, indicators and reports.
Contact Dominic , if you have questions about reporting, indicators or management needs.
