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Electronic health records for every clinical setting

A free, open-source EHR for desktop and mobile. It covers outpatient, inpatient, emergency, lab and imaging care.

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Built on five principles

Free and open source

No licence fees, and no one owns your code

Secure

Industry-standard encryption and security

Interoperable

HL7 FHIR, OpenHIE, ICD-10 and GS1 ready

Desktop and mobile

Ready out of the box, no plug-ins needed

Works offline

Syncs whenever internet is available

Why Tamanu exists

Most health systems assume big budgets, reliable internet and plenty of IT support. That leaves many providers with poor-fit systems, disconnected tools, or paper.

Tamanu fills the gap. It offers enterprise-grade features with no licence fees, and it works offline.

14 million+clinical encounters

1.5 million+patient records

3,000+health workers

14 countriessince 2020, scalable to 1,000+ facilities

Desktop and mobile

Tamanu Desktop

Full hospital functionality, from scheduling and admissions to medications, lab and imaging, bed management and discharge. It works offline and connects with existing patient, lab and radiology systems.

Tamanu Mobile

Built for clinics and community health workers. Record diagnoses, vitals, treatments, vaccinations and antenatal visits on Android devices.

Every facility shares one patient record, from a referral hospital to a local clinic.

Clinical modules

Configure forms, registries, roles and users yourself, with no developers needed. Read about Tamanu 2.0

Immunisation registry

Routine, catch-up and campaign vaccines to WHO standards, with digital certificates.

COVID-19 vaccines in Samoa

Inpatient management

Manage beds, staff, equipment, notes, medications and procedures.

Palau's national hospital

Emergency department

Triage, an ED whiteboard and automated waiting times.

NCD screening

Automated risk assessments using WHO tables, with referrals and care plans.

Hep B care in Kiribati

Lab and imaging

Send requests and receive results, or integrate with your existing systems.

Palau's integrated lab

Program data collection

Configurable surveys linked to each patient's record.

Disease surveillance at scale

One patient record, everywhere

Use Tamanu as your Patient Master Index, or connect to an existing one. Patient records follow patients across every facility.

Data integrity in Tamanu

Seamless integrations

Standards-based data exchange with FHIR and OpenHIE. It already integrates with DHIS2, mSupply, Tupaia and SENAITE.

All features

Clinical careInpatient, outpatient, emergency and triage, procedures, referrals, care plans, handover notes, remote and outreach care
MedicationsOrders, administration records, dispensing
DiagnosticsLab and imaging requests, charting, clinical decision support
ProgramsImmunisation register, NCD screening, program registries, configurable forms, births and deaths
AdminScheduling, bed management, invoicing, reporting and report builder, role-based permissions, clinician dashboard, task sets, multiple languages

Impact stories

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September 13, 2026

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July 14, 2026

Anatomy of a digital health Go-Live

The name

The tamanu plant has been valued across the Pacific, Asia and Africa for centuries for its healing properties. Our icons were designed by Pacific Islander Robert Taupongi.