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Overview

Relab is a research platform for collecting and publicly viewing data on the disassembly of durable goods, developed by the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University. It supports structured data collection, media capture, and later analysis of product composition, materials, and circularity.

Start here

Section titled “Start here”

  • Getting started Create an account and document your first product. Start here if you have never used Relab.

  • Guides Practical help for data collection, hardware, camera capture, and API access.

  • API reference Generated interactive references for the public, device, and RPi camera APIs.

  • Architecture How the platform is built, how it runs, and where the main boundaries are. Written for people extending or self-hosting it.

  • Project context Why Relab exists, who it is for, and where the dataset work is heading.

Why this exists

Section titled “Why this exists”

Good product data is hard to get: what something is made of, and what evidence supports the claim. Relab works with the people who already open products, so routine repair and dismantling work leaves structured records anyone can reuse. Project context sets out the argument.

For repository entry points and self-hosting, see README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, or Install and self-host.

Relab — Department of Industrial Ecology, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University.

Simon van Lierde (ORCID) and Franco Donati (ORCID).

Cite as doi:10.5281/zenodo.16637742.

Code is AGPL-3.0-or-later; curated dataset releases are planned under CC BY 4.0.

Supported by the Leiden University Starter Fund, the Depack grant (Leiden University Fund), and Sectorplan Gelden, a research infrastructure fund of the Dutch government.

Contact [email protected].