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title: "Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF"
description: In early October 2025, the Open Science Framework (OSF) will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate and use. The update modernizes the interface and improves performance, while preserving the familiar workflows that users are accustomed to.
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# [Coming Soon: A New Look for OSF](https://www.cos.io/blog/coming-soon-a-new-look-for-osf)

 Written by [Center for Open Science](https://www.cos.io/blog/author/center-for-open-science) | Sep 18, 2025 4:55:47 PM

***Update:***

**OSF Redesign: Launching October 11****  
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The Center for Open Science (COS) product and engineering teams have been working diligently on a major milestone: a new front end for the Open Science Framework (OSF), designed to deliver faster performance, smoother navigation, and a more intuitive user experience that better supports transparent and rigorous research.

After many months of development, a few final refinements are underway to ensure the interface exceeds expectations. To allow time for polishing, testing, and verification, the launch has been rescheduled to **Saturday, October 11. **OSF is expected to be offline for a minimum of four hours on this date, starting at 7 AM ET.

This decision was not made lightly, especially with the launch initially scheduled for October 4. Our top priority is providing the best possible experience for OSF users, members, and stakeholders, and this short extension ensures we can launch with full confidence in the quality and reliability of the new interface.

On October 4, 2025, the Open Science Framework (OSF) will launch a refreshed design that makes the platform easier to navigate and use. The update modernizes the interface and improves performance, while preserving the familiar workflows that users are accustomed to. All OSF projects, registrations, and preprints will remain accessible after the new interface launches.

**Why the Update?**

Researchers across the OSF community have expressed a need for a more intuitive, modern, and streamlined user experience.

The new design responds to that feedback, while also introducing a technical upgrade to the OSF platform. This foundation will enable the development team to release improvements more efficiently and prepare for more comprehensive updates in the future.

*Preview of the updated OSF projects workflow.*

This design refresh reflects COS’s ongoing commitment to evolving OSF in collaboration with our user community. Incorporating user feedback, such as reintroducing file access on project overview pages, ensures that OSF continues to meet the evolving needs of researchers, while laying the groundwork for future enhancements.

*Preview of the updated OSF registrations workflow.*

**What’s New**

The updated OSF interface introduces:

- A streamlined design to support easier navigation
- Faster load times and improved platform performance
- The return of file access on project overview pages, a highly requested feature

<https://www.cos.io/hubfs/OSF%20Screenshots/OSF%20Overview%20before%20and%20after.png>

*Before (left) and after (after) views of the OSF project overview page. Click to view full size.*

**What to Expect**

This refresh will not affect logins or core workflows such as projects, registrations, or preprints.

**Downtime:** OSF will be unavailable on October 4 from 9 a.m. to ~5 p.m. ET while the update is deployed.

**Draft content: **Draft wiki edits, preprints, or project updates should be saved before the scheduled downtime, as in-progress content may not carry over. Saved and published content will remain unaffected.

**Get a Sneak Preview**

Join our [webinar](https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/3917575178025/WN_U-dT_a8BS3KAtoMJvWyVdw?hsCtaTracking=9f4fe0f3-c7b7-4061-af7d-9edb1cc6c653%7C518237cd-60f9-45de-ae5c-a0a8dbf1ab91#/registration) on Thursday, September 25 for a walkthrough of the redesigned interface and a live demo of the upcoming updates.

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