Ugene

Unipro UGENE is a free, open-source bioinformatics toolkit for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

CaskEducation & ScienceApple silicon · Intel
From homebrew/cask
30-day installs3#3300 in App
1-year installs70Last 365 days
Latest version53.1Mar 4 · Mar 4
Download size339MBarm64 / x86_64 · dmg
Release cadenceIrregular0 releases in 30 days

About

Unipro UGENE is a bioinformatics application that brings together tools for working with biological data. The project describes it as free and open-source software for macOS, Windows, and Linux; the Homebrew cask installs the macOS application.

  • UGENE is presented as an integrated bioinformatics toolkit.
  • The project publishes research papers describing applications that include variant calling, RNA-seq and ChIP-seq analyses, and metagenomics pipelines.
  • The project provides documentation, instructional videos, a public forum, and a bug-tracking system as support resources.

Install the macOS app with brew install --cask unipro-ugene. The cask requires Rosetta, and its download is a macOS x86-64 disk image. After installation, open Unipro UGENE.app from Applications. The published macOS package therefore requires Rosetta on systems where it is needed to run the x86-64 app.

Sources: UGENE official website; Homebrew cask

New What’s new in 53.1 Mar 4 · OpenNavo editorial

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