Table 1 Comparing features of freely available, stand-alone genome viewers

Apollo [2]

Java

GAME XML, GFF, GBK, EMBL, FASTA

PS

Argo [3]

Java

GFF, GBK, GENSCAN, BLAST

Printer

(2)

Artemis [4]

Java

EMBL, GBK, FASTA, GFF

JPG, PNG

(via ACT)

Bluejay [5]

Java

XML

Printer, SVG

CGView [6]

Java

PTT, XML

PNG, JPG, SVG

DNAvis [7]

Windows, Linux

GFF, FASTA

GATA [8]

Java

GFF

PNG

(2)

GeneViTo [9]

Java

PTT+FFN+FNA

JPG

GenoMap [10]

Tcl/Tk

GRS

PS

Genome2D [11]

Windows

GBK, FASTA, GLIMMER, PARADOX

Printer, WMF, BMP

GenomeComp [12]

Perl/Tk

EMBL, GBK, FASTA

PS

(2)

GenomePlot [13]

Tcl/Tk/Perl

tab delimited

PS, GIF, TIFF, JPG

GenomeViz [14]

Tcl/Tk/Perl (no Windows)

tab delimited

PS

Genome Workbench [15]

OS X, Windows, Linux

ASN.1, XML, FASTA, GFF

Genomorama

OS X, Windows, Linux

EMBL, GBK, ASN.1, FASTA, PTT

PS, GIF

IGB [16]

Java

GFF, FASTA, PSL, DAS

Printer

Mauve [17]

Java

GBK, FASTA, SEQ

PNG, JPG

SeqVISTA [18]

Java

EMBL, FASTA

JPG

Sockeye [19]

Java

EMBL (via server), GFF

JPG