Chromas Alternatives for Mac

Chromas 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 Chromas and 15 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Chromas are SnapGene Viewer, Geneious, DNADynamo and PDRAW32.

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Two software applications are available from Technelysium: Chromas and ChromasPro.

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Chromas 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 iconChromas Icon

    UGENE VS Chromas

    Is UGENE a good alternative to Chromas?
     
    • UGENE is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Chromas.

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

    • UGENE is Free and Open SourceChromas is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. SnapGene Viewer icon
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    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 iconChromas Icon

    SnapGene Viewer VS Chromas

    Is SnapGene Viewer a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  3. Geneious icon
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    Geneious combines all the major DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one revolutionary software solution!

    28 Geneious alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Geneious Features

    1.  Sequence Analysis
    2.  Visual Editing
    Geneious iconChromas Icon

    Geneious VS Chromas

    Is Geneious a good alternative to Chromas?
     
    Comments about Geneious as an Alternative to Chromas
     
    StephanF

    Geneious can more than just display sequencing chromatograms.

    Positive commentAug 25, 2016
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    • Geneious is the most popular commercial alternative to Chromas.

    • Geneious is Paid and ProprietaryChromas is Freemium and Proprietary
  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 iconChromas Icon

    DNADynamo VS Chromas

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  5. PDRAW32 icon
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    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 iconChromas Icon

    PDRAW32 VS Chromas

    Is PDRAW32 a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  6. 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 iconChromas Icon

    Serial Cloner VS Chromas

    Is Serial Cloner a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  7. ApE - A plasmid Editor icon
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    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 iconChromas Icon

    ApE - A plasmid Editor VS Chromas

    Is this a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  8. 4peaks icon
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    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 iconChromas Icon

    4peaks VS Chromas

    Is 4peaks a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  9. 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 iconChromas Icon

    CLC Genomics Workbench VS Chromas

    Is this a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  10. Open Vector Editor Electron icon
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    Electron App for Open Vector Editor. This packages the open-vector-editor web app as an electron tool that can be used on Windows, Mac and Linux.

    23 Open Vector Editor Electron alternatives
    Open Vector Editor Electron screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Open Vector Editor Electron iconChromas Icon

    Open Vector Editor Electron VS Chromas

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  11. 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 iconChromas Icon

    CLC Main Workbench VS Chromas

    Is CLC Main Workbench a good alternative to Chromas?
     
  12. PlasmaDNA icon
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    PlasmaDNA is a free DNA analysis and manipulation software. It is simple to learn and to use, and contains multiple features designed to help with:

    23 PlasmaDNA alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    PlasmaDNA iconChromas Icon

    PlasmaDNA VS Chromas

    Is PlasmaDNA a good alternative to Chromas?
     
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