Chromas AlternativesDNA Editors and other similar apps like Chromas

Chromas is described as 'Two software applications are available from Technelysium: Chromas and ChromasPro' and is a DNA Editor in the sport & health category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Chromas for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best Chromas alternative is VectorBee, which is free. Other great apps like Chromas are BioEdit, Genophore, UGENE and Benchling.

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  1. VectorBee icon
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    VectorBee is a highly user-friendly genetic engineering software created by VectorBuilder for viewing, editing and analyzing DNA and protein sequences.

    12 VectorBee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. BioEdit icon
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    BioEdit is a biological sequence alignment editor written for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7. An intuitive multiple document interface with convenient features makes alignment and manipulation of sequences relatively easy on your desktop computer.

    29 BioEdit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Genophore icon
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    Genophore is an application for searching and designing proteins. It also provides a suite of bioinformatics utilities and collaboration tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. UGENE icon
     3 likes

    UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software.

    26 UGENE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Benchling icon
     12 likes

    Online lab notebook software, including DNA design tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. 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.

    32 SnapGene Viewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Geneious icon
     1 like

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

    29 Geneious alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Geneious vs Chromas Comments
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    Geneious can more than just display sequencing chromatograms.

    • Geneious is Paid and ProprietaryChromas is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Ridom TraceEdit is a cross-platform graphical DNA trace viewer and editor. TraceEdit displays the chromatogram files from Applied Biosystems automated sequencers and files in the Staden SCF format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Serial Cloner icon
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    Serial Cloner is a Molecular Biology software.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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