List of open source bioinformatics software

This is a list of open source bioinformatics software with articles in Wikipedia.

Software Description Resources Platform License Developer
Anduril Component-based workflow framework for data analysis Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows GPL University of Helsinki
AutoDock suite of automated docking tools Website Platform License Developer
Biochemical Algorithms Library (BALL) C++ library and framework for molecular modeling and visualization designed for rapid prototyping Website - Articles Linux, Mac OS X, Windows LGPL BALL project team
Bioclipse Visual platform for chemo- and bioinformatics based on the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). Website Platform Eclipse Public License The Bioclipse Project
Bioconductor R (programming language) language toolkit Website - Articles Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Artistic License 2.0 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Bioinformatics Learning Tutorial (BLT) Educational interactive tutorials and 3D animations for Replication, Transcription, and Translation Project Home - Download for Windows Windows (stand-alone), Linux & Mac OS X (source code only with Qt libraries) Academic Free License Collaborative project
BioHaskell Haskell (programming language) Project web site -

Bioinformatics software in Haskell]

Linux, Mac OS X, Windows GPL, LGPL, and BSD Collaborative project
BioJava Java (programming language) Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows LGPL v2.1 Open Bioinformatics Foundation
BioMOBY registry of web services Website - Articles Web License Open Bioinformatics Foundation
BioPerl Perl language toolkit Website Cross-platform Artistic License & GPL Open Bioinformatics Foundation
BioPHP PHP language toolkit Website Platform License Open Bioinformatics Foundation
Biopython Python language toolkit Website Cross-platform Biopython License Open Bioinformatics Foundation
BioRails a data management system designed to support researchers in drug discovery Website Platform License Developer
BioRuby Ruby language toolkit Website Platform License Open Bioinformatics Foundation
caCORE ontologic representation environment Website - Articles Platform License National Cancer Institute
caArray ontologic representation environment [1] - [2] Platform License National Cancer Institute
EMBOSS Suite of packages for sequencing, searching, etc. Website Platform General Public Licence (GPL) and Library GPL Collaborative project
Galaxy Scientific workflow and data integration system Website Unix-like License Penn State and Emory University
GenePattern Scientific workflow system that provides access to more than 150 genomic analysis tools Website Unix-like (public server); Linux, Mac OS X, Windows MIT license Broad Institute
GMOD Toolkit for addressing many common challenges at biological databases. Website Unix-like (server), Web browser (client) Varies depending on tool Collaborative project
GENtle An equivalent to the proprietary Vector NTI, a tool to analyze and edit DNA sequence files Website Platform GPL Magnus Manske
Integrated Genome Browser Java-based desktop genome browser Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows CPL 1.0 GenoViz
Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) High-performance desktop tool for interactive visual exploration of diverse genomic data Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows LGPL Broad Institute
IntAct molecular interaction database Website - Articles Platform License European Bioinformatics Institute
Java Treeview microarray data viewer Website - Articles Cross-platform License Developer
LabKey Server platform for integrating, analyzing and sharing data Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows Apache License LabKey Software Foundation
OpenClinica software for capturing and managing data in clinical trials Website Linux, Windows LGPL OpenClinica
REDCRAFT software for determining tertiary protein structure given assigned Residual Dipolar Coupling data Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows GPL v3 REDCRAFT
SAM Tools Data format (SAM) and accompanying tool suite, for storing large nucleotide sequence alignments Website Linux BSD, MIT License 1000 Genomes Project
Taverna workbench Tool for designing and executing workflows Website Linux, Mac OS X, Windows LGPL myGrid
UGENE integrated bioinformatics tools Website - Podcast Linux, Mac OS X, Windows GPL2 License Unipro

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