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 Geneious.

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UGENE alternatives page was last updated Feb 3, 2023
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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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    AliView Features

    1.  Bioinformatics

    AliView VS UGENE

     
    • 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.

    28 BioEdit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The program is no longer maintained. Last version, 7.2.5, released in December 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    BioEdit VS UGENE

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

    27 Chromas alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Chromas Features

    1.  Batch processing

    Chromas VS UGENE

     
  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.

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Genophore Features

    1.  Bioinformatics
    2.  Online collaboration
    3.  Cloud based

    Genophore VS UGENE

     
    • 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. 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

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Geneious Features

    1.  Sequence Analysis
    2.  Visual Editing

    Geneious VS UGENE

     
    • Geneious is the most popular commercial alternative to UGENE.

    • Geneious is Paid and ProprietaryUGENE is Free and Open Source
  6. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Rasmol VS UGENE

     
  7. TreeView icon
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    Tree drawing software for Apple Macintosh and Windows.

    6 TreeView alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TreeView VS UGENE

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ridom TraceEdi VS UGENE

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

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    GeneDoc VS UGENE

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java

    Archaeopteryx VS UGENE

     
  11. Clustal X icon
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    Multiple sequence alignment software.

    8 Clustal X alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Clustal X VS UGENE

     
  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*, .

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TreeView X VS UGENE

     
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