Pointy gives research teams reusable analysis steps, organized outputs, and stable result links.
Each result remains connected to the analysis step, inputs, parameters, and software context that produced it.
Pointy is for research teams that need to iterate on analysis results across repeated runs.
Reopen a result and inspect the run.
Turn reusable analysis steps into self-serve project pages.
Run Pointy on infrastructure you control.
Use the provided NixOS module and point the backend at the Git repository that will hold your team's Pointy state.
Start from a template, define analysis-step templates, and group them into presets for assays or lab workflows.
Researchers create projects, upload files, fill forms, run analysis steps, watch live status, browse outputs, and share commit-pinned read-only links.
The UI is not the only interface. The repository remains editable with normal developer tools when a workflow needs code review, automation, or a larger refactor.
Pointy share links can land on a highlighted range inside a text output, so a collaborator sees the specific QC metric, log excerpt, or table row behind the discussion.
The shared excerpt is read-only and commit-pinned, so it does not drift when the project changes.
A Pointy project follows a run from setup to inspection and sharing.
The project carries the relevant library, template preset, previous analysis steps, and any notes needed to interpret the run.
The researcher selects inputs, fills parameters, and starts the step. Status updates stream back to the browser while the build runs.
Charts, HTML reports, CSV/TSV grids, source files, comparisons, and run parameters stay reachable from the result view.
The recipient opens a read-only view of the selected result.
Pointy uses repository-backed state, Nix builds, and server-side execution.
Templates, presets, projects, and steps live in a user repository. UI-originated changes become commits.
Analysis steps build from a specific repository commit and Nix environment.
Pointy can submit builds through Slurm, so runs happen on infrastructure managed by your lab or institution.
Self-host Pointy where the data belongs. Reach out if you need help setting up an instance.
Pointy is AGPLv3. Inspect it, run it, adapt it for your lab, and keep your research infrastructure under your control.
Please cite Pointy when publishing results obtained with its help.
The demo gives a taste of the UI without installing Pointy.
Follow development, read the setup docs, then try the browser demo.
Follow the project, inspect the source, and bookmark it for later.
The docs cover the UI, deployment, user repositories, templates, and CLI inspection.
A guided browser walkthrough with sample data and no install.
Reach out if you want help running Pointy on your server.