BioEdit Alternatives for Mac

BioEdit is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is UGENE, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to BioEdit and 17 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to BioEdit are SnapGene Viewer, Clustal X, DNADynamo and Geneious.

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BioEdit alternatives page was last updated Jul 15, 2020
  1. UGENE icon
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    UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.

    25 UGENE alternatives
    UGENE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    UGENE Features

    1.  Bioinformatics
    UGENE iconBioEdit Icon

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    • UGENE is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to BioEdit.

    • UGENE is the most popular Open Source alternative to BioEdit.

    • UGENE is Free and Open SourceBioEdit is Free and Proprietary
  2. SnapGene Viewer icon
     4 likes

    SnapGene Viewer is revolutionary software that allows molecular biologists to create, browse, and share richly annotated DNA sequence files up to 1 Gb in length.

    31 SnapGene Viewer alternatives
    SnapGene Viewer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    SnapGene Viewer iconBioEdit Icon

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  3. Clustal X icon
     1 like

    Multiple sequence alignment software.

    8 Clustal X alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Clustal X iconBioEdit Icon

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  4. DNADynamo icon
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    DNADynamo - for Windows, OSX and Linux. Download it now for abi/scf trace alignments, sub cloning and plasmid management, blast/sequence retrieval, sequence annotation and structure viewing - all in one integrated and easy to use bioinformatics program.

    26 DNADynamo alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    DNADynamo Features

    1.  Sequencing
    DNADynamo iconBioEdit Icon

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    • DNADynamo is the most popular commercial alternative to BioEdit.

    • DNADynamo is Paid and ProprietaryBioEdit is Free and Proprietary
  5. Geneious icon
     1 like

    Geneious combines all the major DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one revolutionary software solution!

    28 Geneious alternatives
    Geneious screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Geneious Features

    1.  Sequence Analysis
    2.  Visual Editing
    Geneious iconBioEdit Icon

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  6. 4peaks icon
     1 like

    4Peaks - For Peaks, Four Peaks. The award winning 4Peaks helps molecular biologists to visualize and edit their DNA sequence trace files. Analyzing your sequence has never been so much fun!

    23 4peaks alternatives
    4peaks screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    4peaks Features

    1.  Sequencing
    2.  Visual Editing
    4peaks iconBioEdit Icon

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  7. Serial Cloner icon
     2 likes

    Serial Cloner is a Molecular Biology software.

    It provides tools with an intuitive interface that assists you in DNA cloning, sequence analysis and visualization.

    25 Serial Cloner alternatives
    Serial Cloner screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last version, 2.6.1, was released on April 3rd, 2013.

    Serial Cloner iconBioEdit Icon

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  8. PDRAW32 icon
     1 like

    Scientific software for the molecular biologist. Performs virtual DNA cloning, analyses DNA for restriction enzymes, homing enzymes and primer sites, dam and dcm methylation sites, finds and translates open reading frames. Calculates annealing temperatures for PCR.

    23 PDRAW32 alternatives
     pDRAW32 on Windows 7 RC

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PDRAW32 Features

    1.  Sequencing
    PDRAW32 iconBioEdit Icon

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  9. ApE - A plasmid Editor icon
     2 likes

    Software for viewing, editing and analyzing plasmid sequences.

    23 ApE - A plasmid Editor alternatives
    Highlights and draws graphic maps using feature annotations from genbank and embl files

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    ApE - A plasmid Editor iconBioEdit Icon

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  10. CLC Genomics Workbench icon
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    Complete bioinformatics toolkit for a wide range of genomics analysis needs, including transcriptomics, variant calling, epigenomics, metagenomics, comparative genomics and many more.

    23 CLC Genomics Workbench alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CLC Genomics Workbench Features

    1.  Data analytics
    2.  Data visualization
    3.  Data science
    4.  Sequencing
    5.  Bioinformatics
    CLC Genomics Workbench iconBioEdit Icon

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  11. DNASTAR Lasergene icon
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    The DNASTAR Lasergene package is the most robust of our software offerings, and includes all of the applications from our genomics, structural biology, molecular biology, and cloning suites.

    24 DNASTAR Lasergene alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DNASTAR Lasergene iconBioEdit Icon

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  12. CLC Main Workbench icon
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    QIAGEN CLC Main Workbench is ideal for DNA, RNA, & protein sequence data analysis with a wide variety of features, no advanced computer skills required! The workbench is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.

    28 CLC Main Workbench alternatives
    CLC Main Workbench screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    CLC Main Workbench Features

    1.  Bioinformatics
    2.  Sequencing
    CLC Main Workbench iconBioEdit Icon

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