BioStar is a Python and Django based Q&A software. It is a simple, generic, flexible and extensible Q&A framework.
The site has been developed by scientists and for scientists. It aims to address the requirements and needs that scientific communities have. Biostar is used to run several science oriented Q&A sites:
The software is open source and free to use under the MIT License.
Requirements: Python 2.7
The documentation:
The source for the documentation can be found in the docs folder.
From the biostar source directory:
# Install the requirements.
pip install --upgrade -r conf/requirements/base.txt
# Initialize database, import test data, index for searching and run the server.
./biostar.sh init import index run
Visit http://www.lvh.me:8080
to see the site loaded with demo data.
The www.lvh.me
domain resolves to 127.0.0.1
your local host
with a proper domain name. You may just as well use http://localhost:8080
or http://127.0.0.1
.
In the demo site the user emails are built from the database ids like so: 1@lvh.me
, 2@lvh.me
.
The demo user passwords are identical to the emails
and you may use these to log into your test site as any of the users.
The user with the email 1@lvh.me
has staff level permissions and
can also access the admin interface at http://www.lvh.me:8080/admin/
.
Enjoy.
Biostar versions and upgrade path: https://github.com/ialbert/biostar-central/issues/400
We may be able to provide support for organizations or institutions. For more information contact admin@biostars.org
List of contributors: https://github.com/ialbert/biostar-central/graphs/contributors