Get started with NOMAD
Find and reuse community data. Publish and share your research data with a DOI.
- Explore 19M+ research data entries
- Analyze repository data with hosted tools
- Share and publish your projects
FAIR DATA · OPEN SOURCE · FREE
Open infrastructure for
scientific data.
scientific data.
Manage, share, and publish your research data with your group, your institution, or the whole community. Rooted in materials science. Built for customization.
NOMAD is a family of open tools
One ecosystem with hosted services you can use right away and software you can run yourself.
Core Platform
NOMAD Central
The flagship service. Free, open, and ready to use. Explore and reuse data from 19M+ entries, upload your own data, publish with a DOI. No installation required.
What NOMAD offers
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Search apps
Tailored search interfaces for domains across simulation and experiment.
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Automated Parsing
Parse and structure raw simulation and instrument outputs for 60+ formats.
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Electronic lab notebooks
Capture experiments as structured, FAIR data, right at the bench.
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Project DOIs
Publish your project with a persistant, citable DOI.
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Remote tools HUB
Analyze repository data using Jupyter notebooks and other containerized tools.
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Workflows
Link data entries into traceable workflows.
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Actions
Run predefined executable workflows, from ML export to model training.
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Dashboards
Build custom dashboards for your data and workflows.
Self-hosting
Run NOMAD on your own infrastructure
Create a research data environment for your group, institution, or network with full control over access, storage, and operation.
Start here
NOMAD Plugins
Open catalog of 390+ plugins to extend your Oasis with schemas, parsers, and integrations.
What self-hosting adds
An Oasis does everything NOMAD Central does — these are the capabilities it adds on top.
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Containerized tools
Deploy external software in standardized environments for your group.
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APIs
Connect your Oasis with your other tools and research infrastructure.
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Customized Search
Build tailored interfaces to explore your domain-specific data.
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Parsers
Automatically extract and structure data from your own file formats.
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Schemas
Model your research data with schemas tailored to your domain.
What do you want to do?
Three paths for different needs. Start with the best fit, or explore them all.
Deploy Oasis
Run your own NOMAD instance. Your resources, your rules.
- Control access and keep data on your infrastructure
- Customize for your research workflows
- Publish to NOMAD Central from your Oasis
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Extend NOMAD
Create plugins to support new data and integrate with external tools.
- Develop schemas and parsers for new data sources
- Build custom search apps, dashboards, and actions
- Integrate external tools and services
Trusted by research groups worldwide
NOMAD Oasis is used by leading institutions across Europe and beyond.
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Start with the 60+ codes, instruments, and file formats supported by FAIRmat, expand with community plugins, or build your own parsers, schemas, and integrations.
Simulation codes
VASP FHI-aims Quantum ESPRESSO CP2K ... more
Experimental & instruments
XPS EELS XRD ELN exports ... more
File formats
.hdf5 .xml .json .csv ... more
+ community plugins
Join the community
700+ researchers, data stewards, and developers sharing ideas, answering questions, and shaping NOMAD. Discord is the primary channel for day-to-day discussions.
