awesome-cern

An opinionated curated list of awesome open source frameworks, libraries and software developed by CERN for the world.

Open Science

Digital repositories

• InvenioRDM: turn-key research data management (RDM) digital repository platform based on Invenio Framework and Zenodo, written in Python and React.
• InvenioILS: a modern and user-friendly integrated library system, written in Python and React.
• Open Data Portal: highly curated repository of high energy physics (UI and server), written in Python.
• Zenodo: Research. Shared. An open dependable home for the long-tail of science.

Event Management

• Indico: feature-rich general event management system written in Python.
• newdle: a lightweight collaborative enterprise meeting scheduling tool

Physics/mathematics analysis/simulation

• ACTS: Experiment-independent toolkit for (charged) particle track reconstruction in high energy an nuclear physics experiments
• BioDynaMo: create, run, and visualise multidimensional agent-based simulations in various domains.
• CAiMIRA: CERN Airborne Model for Indoor Risk Assessment, a tool developed to assess and model the concentration of airborne viruses in enclosed spaces, specifically focusing on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Documentation available here.
• Geant4: Toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter.
• ROOT: an open-source data analysis framework used by high energy physics and others.

Security

• pam_2fa: PAM 2FA module provides a second factor authentication, to be combined with the standard PAM-based password.

Storage and Data

Data management

• FTS: software written in C++/Python to orchestrate reliable and large-scale data transfers.
• Rucio: software written in Python to manage large volumes of data spread across data centres.
• Davix: toolkit for file operations over HTTP and Cloud protocols (written in C++).

Storage systems

• EOS: distributed storage system written in C++ for the exabyte era (biggest installation 1.1 Exabytes).
• CTA: distributed storage system written in C++ for archival of data on tape media (biggest installation 1 exabyte).
• CVMFS: a scalable, reliable and low-maintenance software distribution service.
• QuarkDB: high-performance C++ key-value datastore built with: RocksDB + Raft + Redis wire protocol (RESP2).
• Reva: WebDAV/gRPC server to connect end-users to storage system (EOS, CephFS). Written in Go.

Libraries

Flask

• flask-multipass: multi-backend authentication system for Flask
• flask-pluginEngine: a simple plugin system for Flask applications
• js-flask-urls: get Flask blueprint URLs in your JS apps, the clean way

UI

• react-jsx-i18N: Gettext-enhanced React components
• react-overridable: Overridable React components.
• React-SearchKit: React components library to build search interfaces.