FLKit is an open, community-maintained onboarding toolkit designed to help multidisciplinary teams navigate the federated learning lifecycle in health and life sciences research. It provides role-aware entry points for clinical, legal, governance, and technical contributors, addressing the practical barriers of scattered frameworks and governance obligations.
- FLKit is structured around four lifecycle stages: Governance, Infrastructure, Wrangling, and Analysis.
- The toolkit connects these stages through 11 role-specific entry points and a cross-disciplinary glossary.
- It includes a reusable FAIR-aligned FL Story template for planning and documenting projects.
- A curated directory of tools, frameworks, and communities is provided to support implementation.
- Since its December 2024 demo, the toolkit has expanded to 39 pages across eight sections with seven documented FL Stories.
The resource aims to ground federated learning practice in real-world scenarios by offering a structured starting point for teams unfamiliar with all necessary roles.