Biospex is a Laravel-based web application for managing biodiversity specimen data and citizen science projects. The platform integrates with Zooniverse for crowdsourced transcription, supports automated OCR processing, and provides comprehensive data export capabilities.
- Citizen Science Integration: Seamlessly connects with Zooniverse platform for specimen transcription
- Automated OCR Processing: AWS Lambda-based OCR for specimen label extraction
- Data Management: Import, export, and reconciliation of biodiversity specimen data
- Queue Processing: Background job processing for large-scale operations
- Multi-Environment Support: Separate development and production configurations
This project uses automated CI/CD deployment with GitHub Actions and deployphp for streamlined, queue-safe deployments.
Automatic deployment (recommended):
# Deploy to production
git push origin main
# Deploy to development
git push origin development
# Skip deployment (push code without deploying)
git commit -m "Update documentation [skip deploy]"
git push origin mainManual deployment:
# Deploy to production
dep deploy production
# Deploy to development
dep deploy development- ✅ CI/CD Artifacts: Assets built in GitHub Actions, no server-side building
- ✅ Queue Safety: Automatic job checking prevents interruption of active tasks
- ✅ Environment Isolation: Separate queue names for development vs production
- ✅ Skip Deployment: Use
[skip deploy]in commit messages to push without deploying
For complete deployment setup, troubleshooting, and advanced configuration:
👉 See DEPLOYMENT_SETUP.md
The detailed guide covers:
- GitHub token configuration
- CI/CD workflow explanation
- Queue configuration and environment variables
- Troubleshooting common deployment issues
- Testing procedures and best practices
Biospex is open-sourced software licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.
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