Show HN: FlaskTrack – Laboratory operations software built for modern biotech

FlaskTrack, a laboratory operations software for biotech startups, tissue culture teams, and mycology operations, launched on Show HN, offering tools for protocols, scheduled execution, batches, samples, materials, compliance evidence, reporting, and operational history. The platform emphasizes that it does not use customer data to train AI models or develop commercial AI products, and includes features such as tamper-evident audit trails, AI SQL assistant, and compliance management.

FlaskTrack Turn biological procedures into controlled, measurable lab operations FlaskTrack gives tissue culture teams, mycology operations, and biotech startups one system for protocols, scheduled execution, batches, samples, materials, compliance evidence, reporting, and operational history. Replace spreadsheet coordination and reconstructed records with live workflows your team can execute, review, report on, and improve. FlaskTrack does not use Customer Data to train artificial intelligence models, create generalized datasets, or develop commercial AI products. Operational infrastructure for growing biological teams FlaskTrack connects the procedure your team intended to follow with the work that actually occurred. Senior operators gain visibility into execution, bottlenecks, contamination, sample state, team activity, costs, and evidence without assembling the story after the fact. /features/workflows Standardize execution Convert SOPs and methods into reusable, scheduled workflows with required steps, timing, materials, outcomes, and data capture. /sample-tracking-software Protect lineage and continuity Preserve the history of batches, cultures, samples, transfers, state changes, observations, files, and failures. /integrated-smart-laboratory-notebook Preserve laboratory knowledge Create searchable Markdown notes linked to samples, batches, protocols, workflows, equipment, files, and audit history. Selected notes can also support grounded AI Assistant conversations. /laboratory-compliance-software Build evidence during the work Keep approvals, incidents, review events, user actions, and compliance context attached to the records they govern. /features/reporting Manage with live operational data Report across schedules, throughput, contamination, completion, inventory context, custom step data, and team performance. View Pricing & Sign Up Now pricing Plan, execute, and preserve biological work FlaskTrack connects biological catalogs, reusable protocols, workflows, batches, samples, files, notes, compliance events, and activity records so your team can understand what happened, why it happened, and what evidence supports it. /features/catalogs Catalog everything that matters Species, strains, plasmids, ingredients, tools, suppliers, files, units, and tags. /features/procurement Supplier and procurement context Track preferred vendors, catalog numbers, pricing, units, and protocol costs. /features/workflows Workflows, protocols, and samples Compose protocols into workflows and preserve execution history. /features/audit Tamper-evident audit trail Record user and API actions with hash-linked integrity checks. Compliance is connected to the actual work FlaskTrack keeps compliance context attached to protocols, materials, samples, plasmids, species, tools, approvals, incidents, review events, and execution history. Authorization and hold points Apply approval requirements, restrictions, and execution controls. Linked evidence Connect incidents, approvals, SOPs, files, and reviews to execution records. Organization governance Support review workflows, organization controls, and role boundaries. Reviewable reports Generate audit-ready exports, timelines, and compliance summaries. Reporting that understands lab execution Build dashboards, SQL reports, exports, compliance packets, operational summaries, and data lake views across batches, samples, protocol steps, alerts, audit records, custom forms, and system events. /features/reporting Custom dashboards Create reports for batches, samples, events, compliance, usage, and performance. /features/reporting SQL explorer Preview schemas, query structured lab data, and save reusable reports. /features/ai AI SQL assistant Generate report queries from plain-language report requests. /features/reporting Exportable records Export CSV, JSON, HTML, and Parquet for analysis and review. /features/reporting Data lake ready Preserve versioned event schemas for scalable analytics. AI assistance that stays reviewable and controlled Use AI to reduce data entry and retrieval friction while keeping human review, source files, generated records, approvals, and audit evidence connected. You provide and control your OpenAI or Ollama configuration. API-first infrastructure for modern lab automation Connect external systems using organization-scoped API keys, structured endpoints, exportable records, and audit attribution for human and machine-driven actions. /features/api Organization API keys Generate scoped credentials for services, scripts, and integrations. /features/api Operational API Integrate catalogs, users, samples, protocols, reports, and execution data. /features/audit API audit trail Attribute automated changes to API keys, request context, and records. /features/security Composable security model Manage users, API principals, roles, and organization boundaries. Purpose-built for specialized biological operations The underlying operational problem is shared, but the execution model is not. Explore how FlaskTrack supports the schedules, lineage, risk, reporting, and scale requirements of your laboratory. /industries/tissue-culture Tissue culture laboratories Control media preparation, initiation, subculture, rooting, acclimation, contamination, technician work, and culture lineage. Explore tissue culture operations → /industries/biotech-startups Biotech startups Establish repeatable operations, protect institutional knowledge, support diligence, and scale without inheriting spreadsheet debt. Explore startup infrastructure → /industries/mycology Mycology operations Track cultures, isolates, spawn, substrate batches, contamination, fruiting schedules, harvests, and yield history. Explore mycology operations → /features/workflows Transformation and strain workflows Connect constructs, strains, markers, transformation events, selection stages, samples, and execution evidence. Explore workflow execution → /features/compliance Production and regulated programs Coordinate controlled work with approvals, hold points, organization governance, audit evidence, and reporting. Explore compliance controls → /academic-licensing-for-university-research Academic and research laboratories Preserve methods, records, and institutional knowledge across students, staff, projects, grants, and laboratory transitions. View academic options → Security, data integrity, and ownership FlaskTrack is built around organization isolation, role-based access, API governance, portable exports, and customer-owned operational records. /features/security Role-based access control Owners, admins, scientists, technicians, viewers, and API principals use explicit permissions. /features/audit Tamper-evident audit integrity Record critical actions with hash-linked integrity, request context, and state snapshots. /features/security Organization isolation Keep team data scoped to the organization with controlled boundaries. /features/reporting Portable data Exports, data lake records, reports, and API access keep your lab data accessible. Simple pricing Choose the workspace that fits your current operation, then expand as your team, throughput, reporting, and governance needs grow. Individual $84/month - ✔ 1 user - ✔ Core biological catalogs - ✔ Workflows, protocols, batches, and samples - ✔ Standard reporting - ✔ 100GB Cloud storage - ✔ Comprehensive documentation For independent researchers, small projects, and early lab setup. Start Individual /register?plan=individual Team $349/month ✔ Up to 10 users ✔ Unlimited view-only auditor or investor accounts for scoped access ✔ Compliance automation and audit tracking ✔ AI-assisted document Q&A and research-paper workflow imports ✔ API access and integrations ✔ Custom reporting and dedicated data lake exports ✔ Audit integrity controls ✔ 1TB Cloud storage ✔ Standard email and chat support during business hours Best for labs that need shared execution records, reporting, compliance, and team coordination. Start Team Plan Enterprise Custom - ✔ Advanced organization controls - ✔ Custom compliance frameworks - ✔ API and data integration support - ✔ Immutable audit integrity workflows - ✔ Deployment and onboarding options - ✔ Comprehensive documentation - ✔ Direct account contact for onboarding and support coordination For regulated, high-throughput, multi-site, on-site, or specialized environments. Contact Sales /contact Academic and university pricing Research labs, university departments, core facilities, and grant-funded programs may qualify for academic annual licensing with simplified pricing, invoicing and lab-wide access. View Academic Pricing /academic-licensing-for-university-research Teams can grow to invite unlimited users and are billed at an additional $29 per month. Read-only auditor users are not included in additional billing or charges. Additional cloud storage usage is billed at $5 per additional 50GB after the included storage limit is reached. Approaching limits and additional charges are communicated in advance and given a 14 day grace period to resolve overages before being applied. Privacy, security, and legal commitments FlaskTrack is operated as a laboratory software service. Customer data remains customer-owned, is not sold, and is not used to train artificial intelligence models or create generalized datasets. /legal/terms Terms of Service Platform terms covering ownership, acceptable use, availability, termination, and liability. /legal/privacy Privacy Policy How FlaskTrack collects, processes, protects, and retains account and lab information. /legal/security Security & Infrastructure Hosting, storage, access controls, monitoring, backups, audit logging, and incident response. /legal/dpa Data Processing Addendum Controller and processor responsibilities, subprocessors, retention, deletion, and protection obligations.