UGENE Alternatives

UGENE is described as 'Is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to UGENE for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best UGENE alternative is AliView, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UGENE are BioEdit, Chromas, Genophore and Rasmol.

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  1. AliView icon
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    AliView is yet another alignment viewer and editor, but this is probably one of the fastest and most intuitive to use, not so bloated and hopefully to your liking.

    4 AliView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • AliView is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to UGENE.

    • AliView is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to UGENE.

    • AliView is Free and Open SourceUGENE is also Free and Open Source
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Chromas icon
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    Two software applications are available from Technelysium: Chromas and ChromasPro.

    27 Chromas alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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)
     
    • Genophore is the most popular Web-based, SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to UGENE.

    • Genophore is Free Personal and ProprietaryUGENE is Free and Open Source
  5. Rasmol icon
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    RasMol is a computer program written for molecular graphics visualization intended and used primarily for the depiction and exploration of biological macromolecule structures, such as those found in the Protein Data Bank.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Geneious is the most popular commercial alternative to UGENE.

    • Geneious is Paid and ProprietaryUGENE is Free and Open Source
  7. TreeView icon
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    Tree drawing software for Apple Macintosh and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    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. GeneDoc icon
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    A full featured multiple sequence alignment editor, analyser and shading utility for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Archaeopteryx is a software tool for the visualization, analysis, and editing of potentially large and highly annotated phylogenetic trees.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  11. Clustal X icon
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    Multiple sequence alignment software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. TreeView X icon
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    TreeView X is an open source program to display phylogenetic trees on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms. It can read and display NEXUS and Newick format tree files (such as those output by PAUP*, .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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