Mission

Advance your data to advance your science.

SciCat is a community driven scientific metadata catalog designed to simplify metadata management, enabling data sharing, discovery, and collaboration. By providing a central hub for metadata, SciCat makes data easily findable and accessible for the entire community. With flexible integration into diverse infrastructures and a clear path to data publication, SciCat empowers organizations to foster an open and innovative data culture, driving high-quality science forward.

Latest News

SciCatCon 2026

Save the date: 30 June - 2 July 2026

SciCatCon 2026 will be hosted at MLZ close to Munich, Germany.

Hosting institution:
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)
Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching

More details will be announced soon on the event page.

Latest Releases

Backend:

Frontend:

Facilities

Fredrik Eriksson

Carlo Minotti

Carla Takahashi

Laura Shemilt

Björn Pedersen

Dylan McReynolds

Regina Hinzmann

Patrick Madela

Regina Hinzmann, Nicolas Hayen

Oliver Knodel

Paolo Mutti

Industry Partners

Team

Project Leader

Max Novelli

European Spallation Source (ESS)

Documentation Leader

Regina Hinzmann

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

PR and Issue Review Leader

Björn Pedersen

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ)

Release Jobs Leader

Spencer Bliven

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

ScicatLive Leader

Carlo Minotti

Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)

Website Leader

Despina Adamopoulou

EMPA Materials Science and Technology

UI/UX Leader

Open Position

Accepting Candidates

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Documentation

Get Started with SciCat Live

To get started with a standalone installation of SciCat and to know more about how to add it to your infrastructure visit the SciCat Live repository.

Experience SciCat as a user.

Ingesting Data into SciCat.

The SciCat Data Catalogue Developer Guide.

The SciCat Data Catalogue Operator Guide.

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