Getting Started
Set up the ResearchOS desktop app, choose a notebook folder, or explore sample data in the app before opening your own notebook.
Choose the guide for the setup task you need. You do not need to complete every guide.
Accounts and plans
Sign-in, notebook folders, cloud plans, and joining a lab.
Browser Requirements
Why ResearchOS needs Chrome or Edge.
Why pages load once
What the BeakerBot loader is doing and why it only waits once.
Connecting Your Folder
How the folder picker works and what it stores.
Converting to single-user
Split an older shared folder so everyone gets their own workspace. Recoverable, and your own data is untouched.
Creating a User
Pick a username, set an optional password.
Welcome Wizard (BeakerBot)
BeakerBot's guided setup after sign-in, for new researchers and new lab heads.
Demo Mode
Try ResearchOS in the browser with a seeded yeast lab.
User Archiving
Hide a former member from active views while preserving their data.
Exporting from LabArchives
Generate the Offline Notebook ZIP that ResearchOS imports.