This documentation is for OMERO 4.4 and is no longer being updated, to see the documentation for the latest release, refer to http://openmicroscopy.org/site/support/omero/
OME Remote Objects (OMERO) is a modern client-server software platform for visualizing, managing, and annotating scientific image data. OMERO lets you import and archive your images, annotate and tag them, record your experimental protocols, and export images in a number of formats. It also allows you to collaborate with colleagues anywhere in the world by creating user groups with different permission levels. OMERO consists of a Java server, several Java client applications, as well as Python and C++ bindings and a Django-based web application.
The OMERO clients are cross-platform. To run on your computer they require Java 1.6 or higher to be installed. This can easily be installed from http://java.com/en if it is not already included in your OS. The OMERO.insight client gets all of its information from a remote OMERO.server — the location of which is specified at login. Since this connection utilises a standard network connection, the client can be run anytime the user is connected to the internet.
This documentation is for the latest version of OMERO 4.4.x. We also have archived versions available for previous versions of OMERO. For more technical information, please refer to the Developer Documentation.
Note
With the release of OMERO 5.0, the 4.4.x line has now entered maintenance mode. We will continue to support this version throughout 2014 but it will only be updated for major bug fixes..
If your institution does not have an existing OMERO.server for you to connect to, you can create your own using a virtual appliance (a step-by-step guide for how to do this is provided). We also have a demo service but this has been updated to our new OMERO 5 line as of the end of January 2014.