Open standards throughout
A CERIF-aligned model, persistent identifiers (DOI, ORCID, ROR), OAI-PMH, and a documented REST API.
For IT & integrators
Open standards. EU residency. Your choice of home.
Stellacris is built to fit your estate: open formats, open identifiers, and one codebase that runs as managed SaaS or on your own servers.
Stellacris is built to drop into an existing institutional estate, not to fight it. It speaks open standards end to end — a CERIF-aligned data model, persistent identifiers, OAI-PMH for harvesting, and a documented REST API — so it connects to what you already run instead of demanding you replace it.
One codebase runs as managed SaaS on EU infrastructure or on-premises behind your own firewall, with data isolated per institution and full export always available. There is no proprietary format holding your data hostage, and no exotic runtime — it is PHP 8 and a standard SQL database.
Why it matters
Made to fit your estate
EU data residency
Hosted and stored within the European Union, with data isolated per institution.
SaaS or on-premises
The identical system, hosted by us or by you — behind your firewall, under your operations.
Integrates with your registries
Works openly with national registries, funder identifiers, and third-party systems.
In practice
Standards and interfaces you can build against
Clean, documented integration points and open formats, so your team can connect Stellacris to registries, identity providers, and reporting pipelines without reverse-engineering anything.
- A CERIF-aligned data model with standard SQL types, portable across databases.
- A documented REST API and OAI-PMH endpoints for machine access and harvesting.
- Persistent identifiers throughout: DOI, ORCID, ROR, and RAiD.
- SSO and directory integration (SAML / LDAP-ready) for single sign-on.
- Funder and registry connectors — Horizon Europe / CORDIS project IDs and national registries.
- SaaS on EU infrastructure or on-premises, from the same codebase.
Common questions
Questions, answered
What is the technology stack?
PHP 8 with a MySQL/MariaDB database, no framework and no build step. It runs on standard shared or dedicated hosting, which keeps operations simple whether we host it or you do.
How does authentication work?
The system is SSO-ready via SAML and can integrate with your directory over LDAP. Institutional-email magic-link and password sign-in are also supported, so you can match it to your identity policy.
Can we host it ourselves?
Yes. The identical system runs on-premises behind your firewall, under your operations, with the same features as the managed SaaS. Data stays exactly where your policy requires.
Get started
See your institution’s research, mapped.
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