ManyLanguages Platform

A scalable infrastructure for managing research studies and open sharing of data.

Support

This work is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation 2438627.

Local Development

For complete setup and configuration details, see the Getting Started guide. Here's a quick start for running the app locally:

1. Clone the repository and install dependencies:

   npm install

2. Copy the .env.example file to .env and fill in the required values:

   cp .env.example .env

3. Start the application and database containers:

   make dev-host-app
   # or `make dev-fullstack` to run the app in Docker as well

4. Run the Next.js development server (if using dev-host-app):

   npm run dev

Testing

Vitest uses the dedicated root .env.test instead of inheriting your normal dev .env. For database-backed tests, start the isolated test Postgres first:

npm run test:db:up
npm run test

Stop it when you are done:

npm run test:db:down

📖 Documentation:

👉 Full installation and usage guide

📦 Citation

If you use the platform in your work, please cite it using the concept DOI or a release-specific DOI:

• Concept DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18615191
• For specific releases, use the DOI associated with that release (badge above links to the latest).

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions of all kinds — code, documentation, testing, and feedback. See our contribution guidelines.