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Table 1 Comparison of C-State with popular genome browsers

From: C-State: an interactive web app for simultaneous multi-gene visualization and comparative epigenetic pattern search

C-State Feature

UCSC

IGV

WashU

JBrowse

CHROMATRA

CisGenome

Epiviz

visPIG

Simultaneous display of multiple user-specified loci

Multiple features tracks

Concomitant display of gene expression data

Comparison of user-generated and published datasets

Versatile filters to allow selection of user defined patterns

Interactive plotting

e

Modular and Extensible

OS agnostic (works on multiple platforms)

NA c

Programming knowledge not required

Prior dependencies not required

NA

a

NA

Runs locally

b

d

Open source license

  1. Key features of C-State checked for availability in other genome browsers and visualization tools
  2. : Feature available; ❌: feature unavailable, NA not applicable
  3. a Needs Java Run Time, which may not be preinstalled on some systems
  4. bIf using the JBrowse Desktop version
  5. cRuns as a plugin for Galaxy Portal
  6. dIf Galaxy is installed as a local instance
  7. e Plotting feature could not be tested on our data