Desktop orchestration platform for AI-powered bioinformatics computation
OmniBioAI Studio is an Electron desktop app that launches and manages the full OmniBioAI stack — locally, on HPC clusters, or in the cloud — with a single click.
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🌐 Web version at app.omnibioai.org — no installation required
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🔐 SSO & OAuth2 — Google, GitHub, and Microsoft sign-in
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🛡️ Cloudflare Access — secure invite-only email whitelist
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🧬 12,000+ bioinformatics tools across HTTP APIs, ARM64, x86, and Kubernetes
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📦 1,120+ container images (320 Docker + 800 ARM64 SIF) hosted on GHCR and Hugging Face
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🔌 225+ bioinformatics & AI plugins covering scRNA-seq, WGS, WES, proteomics, spatial, and more
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⚙️ 600+ workflow bundles for Nextflow, WDL, CWL, and Snakemake
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🤖 36M PubMed abstracts indexed with a 150-domain RAG pipeline (PubMedBERT, FAISS, BM25, RRF, Neo4j)
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🤗 One-click Hugging Face Push from the Model Registry
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📊 Live platform metrics dashboard with architecture, service health, and coverage
- Version unification — all UI components, sidebar, badge, logs, and settings now consistently report
v0.4.0-beta - 23 services fully operational — all layers (Data, Security Control Plane, Execution, AI, Developer) green
- 1,010 registered tools — confirmed live in Jobs → Registered Tools panel (platform-wide tooling, including HPC/cloud/orchestration integrations, totals 11,000+ — see Bioinformatics Tools section below)
- 7 execution servers —
local_real,slurm_local,aws_batch_prod,aws_batch_demo,azure_batch_demo,gcp_batch_demo,enrichment_remote - claude-sonnet-4-20250514 as default orchestrator model in LLM configuration
- IDE Services all RUNNING — JupyterLab (:8888), RStudio (:8787), VS Code Server (:8883)
- Beta Cloud mode — connects to
app.omnibioai.org; MySQL, Workbench, TES, Ollama tunnels all reachable - Report Bug modal — title, description, email, severity (Low / Medium / High / Critical) with Submit Bug Report
- IDE Services — JupyterLab, RStudio, and VS Code Server managed directly from Studio UI
- IDE Layer — dedicated section on Services page with per-container lifecycle management
- Launcher backend — Express API using Docker socket for IDE container control; ARM64-compatible
- Unified Grafana metrics dashboard embedded in Studio
- Full observability stack: cAdvisor + redis-exporter + django-prometheus
- OmniBioAI dark theme on Grafana and Prometheus
- Auto-generated secrets on first launch via
crypto.randomBytes - Grafana service account token auth (anonymous access disabled)
- Zero npm vulnerabilities (Electron 28→41, vite 5→8, all CVEs resolved)
- DMG + AppImage + EXE installers via GitHub Actions
- Public beta announcement + Cloudflare-integrated beta signup
- License key system (OMNI-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX, 30-day trial)
- Sentry error tracking + in-app bug report button
- Cython IP protection (.so compiled binaries)
- MySQL-backed license server
- 1010+ bioinformatics tools (510 HTTP API + 500 Slurm)
- Windows NSIS .exe installer
- Zero-trust JWT authentication, RBAC/ABAC policy engine
- HPC quota governance + async audit logging via Redis Streams
- Full local stack launch with containerized services
- Live service health monitoring
- Docker image dashboard
- Dev Hub with knowledge graph + RAG UI
- Mode-aware startup: Local / HPC / Cloud / Hybrid
- LLM configuration: Ollama + Claude API + OpenAI
- Cloud execution: AWS Batch / Azure Batch / GCP Batch / Kubernetes
- HPC execution: Slurm / PBS / LSF via TES
Beta Cloud selected — MySQL, Redis, TES, Workbench UP; Ollama initializing
Quick access to all 44 modules across 6 sections
Local Ollama (deepseek-coder), Claude API, OpenAI/Codex, and runtime orchestration settings
AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes execution backends with full credential management
Slurm scheduler, SSH connection, GPU jobs, TES remote execution, filesystem & runtime settings
Connected to Beta Cloud — all tunnels reachable, runtime summary visible
23 services across Data, Security Control Plane, Execution, AI, and Developer layers
JupyterLab, RStudio, VS Code Server — all RUNNING, managed via Launcher :5190
Real-time log stream — 7 entries, filterable by service, live streaming
1,010 registered tools · 7 execution servers (local, Slurm, AWS, Azure, GCP, enrichment_remote)
Data directories, service ports, Docker compose file, security, About panel
In-app bug reporting with title, description, email, and severity selector
| Platform | File | Requirements |
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| macOS Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) | OmniBioAI-Studio-arm64.dmg |
macOS 12+ |
| macOS Intel | OmniBioAI-Studio-x64.dmg |
macOS 12+ |
| Linux x86_64 AppImage | OmniBioAI-Studio.AppImage |
Ubuntu 20.04+ |
| Linux x86_64 DEB | OmniBioAI-Studio.deb |
Ubuntu / Debian |
| Linux x86_64 RPM | OmniBioAI-Studio.rpm |
RHEL / Fedora |
| Linux ARM64 AppImage | OmniBioAI-Studio-arm64.AppImage |
aarch64, Ubuntu 20.04+ |
| Linux ARM64 DEB | OmniBioAI-Studio-arm64.deb |
Ubuntu / Debian ARM64 |
| Linux ARM64 RPM | OmniBioAI-Studio-arm64.rpm |
RHEL / Fedora ARM64 |
| Windows | OmniBioAI-Studio-Setup.exe |
Windows 10/11 + WSL2 |
Download from: https://github.com/OmniBioAI/omnibioai-studio/releases/latest
Real-time architecture, codebase metrics, coverage, and service health are publicly viewable at:
All requests are enforced through a zero-trust pipeline:
Internet / Client
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api-gateway :8080 ← single entry point, JWT enforcement
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auth-service :8001 ← JWT validation + Redis cache (TTL=300s)
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policy-engine :8002 ← RBAC/ABAC authorization decision
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hpc-policy-engine :8003 ← GPU/CPU quota check (compute requests only)
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target service (workbench / tes / toolserver / rag)
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security-audit :8004 ← async audit log → Redis Streams (never blocks)
| Layer | On failure |
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| Auth | FAIL CLOSED → HTTP 401 |
| Policy | FAIL CLOSED → HTTP 403 |
| HPC quota | FAIL CLOSED → HTTP 403 |
| Audit | FAIL OPEN → ignored |
| Service | Port | Image |
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| MySQL | :3306 | mysql:8.0 |
| Redis | :6379 (mapped :6380 on host) | redis:7-alpine |
| Service | Port | Image |
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| API Gateway | :8080 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-api-gateway:latest |
| Auth Service | :8001 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-auth:latest |
| Policy Engine | :8002 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-policy-engine:latest |
| HPC Policy Engine | :8003 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-hpc-policy-engine:latest |
| Security Audit | :8004 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-security-audit:latest |
| Service | Port | Image |
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| Workbench | :8000 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-app:latest |
| TES | :8081 | omnibioai-tes-local |
| ToolServer | :9090 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-toolserver:latest |
| Model Registry | :8095 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-model-registry:latest |
| LIMS | :7000 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-lims:latest |
| Control Center | :7070 (localhost-only, JWT-gated via nginx /_svc/control) |
ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-control-center:latest |
| Workflow Bundles | :8098 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-workflow-bundles:latest |
| Tool Images | :8097 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-tool-images:latest |
| Service | Port | Image |
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| Ollama | :11434 | ollama/ollama |
| RAG | :8090 (external) / :8096 (internal) | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-rag:latest |
| Dev Hub | :8082 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-dev-hub:latest |
| Neo4j | :7474 / :7687 | neo4j:5.15 |
| Service | Port | Image |
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| Launcher | :5190 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-launcher:latest |
| Service | Port | Stack |
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| JupyterLab | :8888 | Full bioinformatics stack (scanpy, DESeq2, scVelo, cellxgene…) |
| RStudio Server | :8787 | R + Bioconductor (Seurat, DESeq2, scran, monocle3, tidyverse) |
| VS Code Server | :8883 | Python + R + Nextflow + WDL extensions |
| Service | Port | Image |
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| Grafana | :3000 | grafana/grafana:latest |
| Prometheus | internal only, via /_svc/prometheus |
prom/prometheus:latest |
| cAdvisor | :8585 | gcr.io/cadvisor/cadvisor:latest |
| Redis Exporter | :9121 | oliver006/redis_exporter:latest |
| License Server | :8099 | internal build |
| OPA (Open Policy Agent) | :8181 | openpolicyagent/opa:latest |
| Videos | :8086 | ghcr.io/omnibioai/omnibioai-videos:latest |
| Nginx Router | :80 | nginx:latest |
1,010 tools are actively registered and runnable today (confirmed live in Jobs → Registered Tools panel). The broader platform catalog — including all execution, cloud, HPC, and orchestration tooling across every service — totals 11,000+.
| Server ID | Adapter |
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| local_real | local |
| slurm_local | slurm |
| aws_batch_prod | aws_batch |
| aws_batch_demo | aws_batch |
| azure_batch_demo | azure_batch |
| gcp_batch_demo | gcp_batch |
| enrichment_remote | http_toolserver |
Direct REST integrations — no compute needed: Ensembl, NCBI, ClinVar, gnomAD, UniProt, AlphaFold, KEGG, Reactome, PubMed, ChEMBL, DrugBank, CellxGene, HMDB, and 280+ more.
Compute tools: BWA, STAR, HISAT2, GATK, DeepVariant, DESeq2, Seurat, Scanpy, PyTorch, MSFragger, and 90+ more.
Getting Started · Video Tutorials · Workbench Dashboard · Control Center · LIMS · Model Registry · RAG/Lit AI · TES/Jobs · Tool Images · Launcher · Workflows · Dev Hub · Metrics · Grafana
API Gateway · Auth Service · Policy Engine · HPC Policy · Security Audit · OPA
Home · OnboardAI · Omni Assistant · Job Monitor · Plugin Manager · Admin
Workflow Runner · Workflow Builder · Agent Studio · Pipeline Dashboard · Multi-Agent Orchestrator · Workflow Compiler
RNA-Seq · Single Cell (scRNA-Seq) · Exome Analysis · FASTQ QC · Proteomics · Metabolomics
Drug Target AI · Literature AI · Pathway Enrichment · Bio Hypothesis · Literature Summarizer · Bio Narrator AI
| Mode | Status | Description |
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| Beta Cloud | ✅ Available | Connects to app.omnibioai.org — no local Docker needed |
| Local | Coming soon | Docker + local GPU/CPU, offline-first, Slurm support |
| HPC | Coming soon | Slurm / PBS / LSF, Apptainer remote execution |
| Cloud | Coming soon | AWS Batch / Azure Batch, elastic auto-scaling |
| Hybrid | Coming soon | Multi-backend orchestration, policy-driven scheduling |
| Provider | Model | Notes |
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| Ollama (local) | deepseek-coder:latest | Default local model; GPU-accelerated |
| Embedding | nomic-embed-text | Local embedding model |
| Claude API | claude-sonnet-4-20250514 | Default orchestrator model |
| OpenAI / Codex | gpt-4o | Optional cloud fallback |
Runtime options: Offline-first mode, Enable RAG (vector retrieval), Default Orchestrator Model selector.
| Provider | Features |
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| Amazon Web Services | AWS Batch, IAM access keys, S3, region selector |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Batch, subscription ID, tenant ID, Blob storage |
| Google Cloud Platform | GCP Batch, project ID, service account JSON, Cloud Storage |
| Kubernetes | kubeconfig path, context, namespace, SIF base URL, job prefix |
| Future: Databricks Workflows | — |
| Future: Slurm Cloud Bridge | — |
| Setting | Value |
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| Scheduler | Slurm (dropdown: Slurm / PBS / LSF) |
| GPU Jobs | CUDA cluster support |
| Remote Execution | via TES protocol |
| SSH Hostname | hpc.university.edu (configurable) |
| SSH Port | 22 |
| Private Key | ~/.ssh/id_rsa |
| Shared Mount | /shared/projects |
| Apptainer Path | /usr/bin/apptainer |
| Default Partition | gpu |
- OmniBioAI Services — health, request rate, latency, container resources
- OmniBioAI Platform Overview — full platform architecture metrics
- OmniBioAI LIMS — lab information management metrics
- OmniBioAI RAG — query latency and throughput
workbench:8000 · lims:7000 · rag:8096 · auth-service:8001 · control-center:7070 · cadvisor:8080 · redis-exporter:9121
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
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| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB (64 GB with local LLM) |
| Disk | 50 GB free | 100 GB free |
| Docker | Engine 24+ | Docker Desktop |
| OS | Ubuntu 20.04+, macOS 12+, Windows 10/11 (WSL2) | Ubuntu 22.04+ |
| GPU | Optional | NVIDIA + nvidia-container-toolkit |
Also required: jq (sudo apt install jq), Docker Compose v2 (included with Engine 24+)
- Download installer for your platform from Releases
- Launch OmniBioAI Studio and enter your license key
- Select Beta Cloud on the Mode page
- Click through the setup wizard (Steps 1–5)
- Click Launch — tunnels connect to
app.omnibioai.orgautomatically
git clone https://github.com/OmniBioAI/omnibioai-studio
cd omnibioai-studio
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set DATA_DIR, WORK_DIR, and secrets
docker compose up -dnpm install
npm run dev # development mode (Vite + Electron)
npm run build # AppImage (Linux)
npm run build:mac # DMG (macOS)
npm run build:win # EXE (Windows)| Path | Purpose |
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| Data Directory | PubMed abstracts, FAISS indexes, RAG data |
| Work Directory | Workflow results, runs, outputs |
Expected layout:
data/PubMed/Index/<study>/pubmed_index.faisswork/workflow_runner.runs/,work/uploads/,work/objects/
| Service | Default Port |
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| Workbench | 8000 |
| TES | 8081 |
| ToolServer | 9090 |
Changing ports requires a full stack restart.
- Compose file:
docker/docker-compose.yml - Data Dir mounted as
/datain all containers - Work Dir mounted as
/workspace/workin all containers
| Field | Value |
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| Studio Version | v0.6.0-beta |
| Electron | web |
| Node.js | web |
| Platform | Linux x86_64 |
| Status | Beta |
OmniBioAI Studio requires a license key for first launch.
- Format:
OMNI-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX(30-day trial) - Get access: omnibioai.org/#request
- Offline grace period: 7 days after initial validation
- Beta users receive a GitHub token automatically with their license key
# Database
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=your-db-password
MYSQL_DEFAULT_DB=omnibioai
# Auth
AUTH_SECRET_KEY=your-secret-key-here
# Paths (absolute paths on host)
DATA_DIR=/path/to/data
WORK_DIR=/path/to/work
WORKSPACE_HOST=/path/to/workspace
DB_INIT_DIR=/path/to/omnibioai-studio/db-init
# AI API Keys (optional)
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
OPENAI_API_KEY=
# IDE Services
JUPYTER_TOKEN=devtoken
RSTUDIO_PASSWORD=change-me
VSCODE_PASSWORD=change-me
# Observability
SENTRY_DSN=
# Build
DEV_MODE=falseClick the 🐛 Report Bug button in the Studio UI at any time.
Fields: Bug title · Description · Email (optional) · Severity (Low / Medium — Affects workflow / High / Critical)
Reports are sent to our dashboard. Response within 24 hours during beta. Disable with SENTRY_DSN= (empty) in .env.
| Repository | Role |
|---|---|
omnibioai |
Main Django workbench + 80+ plugins |
omnibioai-api-gateway |
Zero-trust API gateway |
omnibioai-auth |
JWT authentication service |
omnibioai-policy-engine |
RBAC/ABAC authorization |
omnibioai-hpc-policy-engine |
GPU/CPU quota governance |
omnibioai-security-audit |
Async audit logging |
omnibioai-tes |
Task Execution Service |
omnibioai-toolserver |
FastAPI tool API |
omnibioai-lims |
Lab data management |
omnibioai-model-registry |
ML model versioning |
omnibioai-control-center |
Health + image dashboard |
omnibioai-rag |
PubMed RAG pipeline |
omnibioai-dev-hub |
Knowledge graph + embeddings |
omnibioai-workflow-bundles |
WDL/Nextflow/Snakemake bundles |
omnibioai-launcher |
SDK UI + IDE container lifecycle API |
omnibioai_sdk |
Python SDK client |
omnibioai-security-sdk |
Security SDK for service auth |
omnibioai-design-tokens |
Shared design tokens and theme |
omnibioai-ui |
Shared UI component library |
omnibioai-landing |
Public-facing landing page |
| Version | Status | Highlights |
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| v0.1.0-beta | ✅ Released | Local stack, health monitoring, Dev Hub, LLM config |
| v0.2.0-beta | ✅ Released | License system, zero-trust security, 1,010 tools, Windows installer |
| v0.3.0-beta | ✅ Released | IDE Services, Grafana observability, auto-secrets, npm security |
| v0.4.0-beta | ✅ Released | Version unification, 23 services, 7 exec servers, claude-sonnet-4 |
| v0.5.0-beta | ✅ Released | 225+ plugins, 36M-abstract RAG index, 1,120+ container images, full beta launch |
| v0.6.0-beta | ✅ Current | Web version (app.omnibioai.org), SSO/OAuth2 (Google/GitHub/Microsoft), Cloudflare Access, 800 ARM64 SIF images, 12,000+ tools, HuggingFace integration, Model Registry HF push button |
| v0.7.0 | 🔜 Planned | Complete 36M PubMed RAG (GPU embeddings), 20 trained ML models on HuggingFace, 1,000 ARM64 SIF images, GHCR migration to omnibioai org, Demo video, Web app PWA support, workbench.omnibioai.org, Omni Assistant v2 (tool-aware responses, agentic pipeline suggestions, multi-step reasoning, context-aware analysis) |
| v0.8.0 | 🔜 Planned | HIPAA compliance reporting, SAML/enterprise SSO, multi-user workspaces, team management, usage analytics, billing integration, mobile responsive UI |
- System MySQL/Redis must be stopped before starting:
sudo systemctl stop mysql redis-server GITHUB_TOKENmust be set manually for private image pull- macOS DMG not yet code-signed (GateKeeper warning expected)
- Windows installer not yet code-signed
- First launch requires internet for license validation; 7-day offline grace period after
- cAdvisor requires privileged mode and
/dev/kmsgdevice access - Prometheus not exposed directly — access only via
/_svc/prometheus - Control Center (
/_svc/control) requires valid JWT; port 7070 bound to localhost only
| Script | Description | Schedule |
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scripts/backup-mysql.sh |
Dumps all DBs to compressed .sql.gz, 7-day rotation |
Daily at 4am |
scripts/check-env.sh |
Validates .env secrets before stack start |
Before docker compose up |
omnibioai-control-center/scripts/run_coverage_host.py |
Rebuilds ecosystem coverage report | Daily at 2am |
omnibioai-dev-hub/scripts/check_and_reindex.sh |
Rebuilds RAG FAISS index on new Studio release | Hourly (checks for new release tag) |
0 4 * * * /home/manish/Desktop/machine/omnibioai-studio/scripts/backup-mysql.sh >> /home/manish/Desktop/machine/work/backups/omnibioai-backup.log 2>&1
0 2 * * * python3 /home/manish/Desktop/machine/omnibioai-control-center/scripts/run_coverage_host.py --root /home/manish/Desktop/machine >> /home/manish/Desktop/machine/work/backups/omnibioai-coverage.log 2>&1
0 * * * * /home/manish/Desktop/machine/omnibioai-dev-hub/scripts/check_and_reindex.sh >> /home/manish/Desktop/machine/work/backups/omnibioai-reindex.log 2>&1Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE
Manish Kumar — GitHub · omnibioai.org
OmniBioAI Studio is not a bioinformatics tool — it is a desktop orchestration system for distributed, secure, AI-native scientific computation.