LabLedger

LabLedger is a web app with optional mobile capture that turns messy day-to-day research activity into a clean, timestamped audit trail. It focuses on the unglamorous but constant pain: tracking what was done, with which samples, on which instrument, using which protocol version, and where the raw files live. Researchers log experiments via quick templates, barcode/QR scans, and file-drop links to institutional storage. The system automatically builds a chain-of-custody timeline, flags missing metadata, and produces exportable “methods + provenance” packets for internal reviews, collaborators, and journals. An AI assistant can suggest metadata from filenames, instrument logs, and notes, but the product is designed to work even when AI is blocked by institutional policy. This is not a full ELN replacement; it’s a lightweight compliance and provenance layer that can sit on top of existing tools.