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NOMAD is an open-source research data platform for materials science. It helps researchers, labs, and developers make data FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

This documentation is organized into four sections. Use the section that best matches your need: learning, completing a task, understanding a concept, or finding technical information.

Tutorials

Learn NOMAD step by step through guided, hands-on examples.

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How-to guides

Accomplish specific tasks by following practical instructions.

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Explanation

Understand NOMAD's key concepts, architecture, and underlying mechanisms.

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Reference

Find detailed technical information such as configuration options, CLI commands, and schema details.

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Using NOMAD

Most examples in the documentation use NOMAD Central, the public FAIRmat-hosted NOMAD platform. There are two relevant deployments:

  • Production: The primary deployment for day-to-day use and most documentation examples.
  • Test: A separate deployment intended for testing features such as data publication. The underlying database is temporary and is periodically reset.

The majority of underlying concepts and workflows also apply to NOMAD Oasis deployments, although specific behavior may differ between installations depending on which plugins are installed.

Who NOMAD supports

  • Researchers using NOMAD Central to manage, explore, and publish data.
  • Labs and institutions operating a NOMAD Oasis.
  • Plugin developers extending NOMAD for domain-specific needs.
  • Core contributors working on nomad-lab.

Project and community

NOMAD is developed by FAIRmat, an NFDI consortium building shared data infrastructure for materials science.