Download JBrowse 2

JBrowse 2 is a new browser for today's increasingly complex data. We make several different products for use in different scenarios, choose the one below that best fits your needs.

JBrowse Desktop

A standalone app that runs on your own computer that can view data from many sources.

Check out our quick start guide after downloading. Can't find what you're looking for? Check other platforms.

JBrowse Web

Run a full-featured genome browser with many types of built-in views on your own website.

Consider installing the JBrowse CLI tools (below), which can be used to create and manage JBrowse Web instances from the command line.

JBrowse CLI tools

The JBrowse CLI helps administrators add genome assemblies, tracks, and more to their config files.

npm install -g @jbrowse/cli

After installing, check out our quick-start guide.

Static image generator

• @jbrowse/img — generate images of JBrowse 2 statically on the command line

Embedded components

• @jbrowse/react-linear-genome-view — linear genome browser React component on NPM (storybook docs)
• @jbrowse/react-circular-genome-view — circular genome browser React component on NPM (storybook docs)

More info in the embedded docs, including examples with create-react-app, vite, next.js, and vanillajs.

Jupyter Notebooks Extension

• Documentation
• Source code

Dash — Python

• GMOD/dash_jbrowse

R/Shiny widget

• JBrowseR — R package on CRAN