inaturalist
Open-source Rails application powering iNaturalist.org, a platform for recording and sharing biodiversity observations.
What is inaturalist?
iNaturalist is the open-source Rails application that powers iNaturalist.org, a platform where users record and share observations of organisms in nature. It combines community science with AI-assisted species identification to create a global biodiversity database used for research and conservation.
Naturalists, citizen scientists, biologists, educators, and conservation organizations who want to document biodiversity and contribute to ecological research through a collaborative platform.
As the only major open-source platform for biodiversity observation networking, it provides transparent infrastructure for community science while enabling localized deployments through the iNaturalist Network without forking the main community.
Overview
The Rails app behind iNaturalist.org
Use Cases
Best For
- Building localized biodiversity observation platforms through the iNaturalist Network
- Citizen science projects documenting species distributions
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