OpenMS

OpenMS News Install Documentation Community Communication Contribute Awards About Us OpenMS Inc. Contributors Use Cases Applications Publications Help Request News Install Documentation Community Communication Contribute Awards About Us OpenMS Inc. Contributors Use Cases Applications Publications Help Request The open-source framework for Mass Spectrometry Get started Google Summer of Code 2026 2026-01-29 What is OpenMS ?

OpenMS offers an open-source C++ library (+ Python bindings) for LC/MS data management, analysis and visualization. It empowers rapid development of mass spectrometry related software. OpenMS is freely available under the three clause BSD license and runs under Windows, macOS and Linux. The OpenMS members have a strong commitment to creating an open, inclusive, and positive community.

Please read the OpenMS Code of Conduct for guidance on how to interact with others in a way that makes the community thrive. New: WebApps FLASHApp allows for interactive analysis and visualization of top-down proteomics data. This app offers the powerful UmetaFlow pipeline for untargeted metabolomics in an accessible user interface. NuXL is a dedicated software package designed for the analysis of XL-MS (cross-linking mass spectrometry).