Services

ZTF Explorer

Explore the ZTF objects with aggregated statistics, access lightcurve, stamps, and classification from our algorithms.

SN Hunter

Access the latest Supernovae classified objects captured from ZTF

ALeRCE client

The ALeRCE client is a library to interact programmatically with the ALeRCE API.

ZTF Database API

Query the ALeRCE database tables

Database (deprecated)

Direct (raw SQL) database access is deprecated and being retired. Please use the TAP service instead. The directly-connected database stops receiving new data on 07/07/2026; direct connections are removed around October 2026.

Notebooks

Jupyter Notebook Tutorials

XMatch Web Interface

Get information of an object in many catalogs

catsHTM API

Do cone searches to a given location using the catsHTM catalogs.

Target and Observation Manager

Submit candidates to follow-up telescopes.

Reporter

Web Interface for analyzing bogus reports of detected objects.

Watchlist

Crossmatch your favorite targets in real time and get email notifications for new detections.

Data access (TAP)

Query ALeRCE data with standard ADQL over the IVOA TAP protocol. This is the recommended replacement for direct database access, and it works with TOPCAT, pyvo and astroquery.

Direct database access is being retired — we're moving to the TAP service. Read the migration guide →