Nanodash was previously called Nanobench. Nanodash is a client to browse and publish nanopublications.

Online Instances

You can use Nanodash by login in via ORCID in one of the online instances:

• https://nanodash.petapico.org
• https://nanodash.knowledgepixels.com
• https://nanodash.net

Local Installation

To use Nanodash locally, see the installation instructions with Docker.

Analytics

Nanodash supports privacy-friendly, cookie-free analytics via Umami. Analytics are disabled by default and can be enabled by pointing Nanodash at an existing Umami instance.

Docker / environment variables (recommended for server deployments) — add to your docker-compose.override.yml:

services:
  nanodash:
    environment:
      - NANODASH_UMAMI_SCRIPT_URL=https://your.umami.instance/script.js
      - NANODASH_UMAMI_WEBSITE_ID=your-umami-website-id

YAML preferences file (convenient for local development) — add to ~/.nanopub/nanodash-preferences.yml:

umamiScriptUrl: https://your.umami.instance/script.js
umamiWebsiteId: your-umami-website-id

When configured, Nanodash logs Umami analytics configured: <url> at startup to confirm the setting was picked up.

Screenshot

This screenshot of Nanodash is showing its publishing feature with auto-complete-powered forms generated from semantic templates:

Tutorials

Check out this short Nanodash demo video.

This hands-on demo (slightly outdated) gives you a quick hands-on introduction into nanopublications via the Nanodash interface, including a video: Hands-on demo video

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the CONTRIBUTING file for details.

License

Copyright (C) 2022-2026 Knowledge Pixels

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.