The Leopard in Your Lab: Ingwe Bika LIMS 4
Powerful new Bika LIMS release, Senaite at its core, packed with add-ons
14 August 2025. Cape Town
Bika Lab Systems is proud to announce Ingwe Bika LIMS 4, our first official release built on Senaite
Bika has been doing such installations including our own customisations since the project transitioned from Bika 3 to Senaite back in 2018, the journey has come full circle. Bika assisted with refactoring, migrated our clients, and continued to contribute to Senaite, which has been superbly improved since, under rigorous quality control and release management
Primarily, there are no differences between Bika LIMS and Senaite. They share the same free-to-use public licence, modular architecture and primary features, the same modern UI and robust API, and the same free upgrade path that comes with Senaite’s evolution
What sets Ingwe apart is its extensive enhancements and the dedicated support of Bika Lab Systems - a team with deep domain expertise, having perfected laboratory solutions since 2002. Alongside the Senaite modules, we’ve bundled a collection of powerful add-ons, commissioned by forward-thinking laboratories and developed and maintained by Bika
They include instrument interfaces, COA templates, a bulk sample importer, two-tier sample point locations, billing, queue management, time-series plots, and a range of smaller yet impactful refinements - advanced LIMS at its most affordable
Installing Ingwe is straightforward with a pre-built Docker image that contains all required dependencies, regardless of environment. You can get Ingwe up and running quickly without worrying about complex setup steps. See our Github code repository for details
Bika Lab Systems is the primary sponsor of the Bika Open Source LIMS project
Contact us for your lab's LIMS requirements analysis, a demonstration and cost estimate