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JBrowse

The next-generation genome browser

JBrowse is a genome browser that runs on the web, on your desktop, or embedded in your app.

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Ready-made genome browsers

  • Full featured hg38, hg19, hs1, and mm39 genomes pre-loaded with UCSC Genome Browser tracks
  • Thousands of plant, animal and microbial assemblies from UCSC GenArk/NCBI Genomes
  • Customized portals to help launch comparative views

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Install & run

Open your first genome.

Learn

Using, configuring and extending JBrowse.

Build with it

Embed JBrowse and extend it with plugins.

Citation

Citations are how the consortium demonstrates JBrowse's value when applying for funding. If you publish research using JBrowse, please cite:

Diesh et al, 2023. JBrowse 2: a modular genome browser with views of synteny and structural variation. Genome Biology 24:74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-023-02914-z

Funding and collaboration

Supported by the US National Institutes of Health (U41 HG003751), the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), and the University of California, Berkeley. Released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.