CGView.js
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The facts
Each one read from CGView.js's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The site provides a documented API for interacting programmatically with CGView.js maps.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The site identifies CGView.js as the genome viewer of Proksee, an expert system for genome assembly, annotation, and visualization.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Capacity
- The site says it can draw genomes up to 10 Mbp with thousands of features and hundreds of contigs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dashboard type
- interactivechecked 23 Sep 2026
- Data formats
- The site links to a CGParse.js tutorial for building maps from GenBank, EMBL or FASTA files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependency
- CGView.js requires D3 version 6 or 7; svgcanvas is optional and required only for SVG map export.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Embedded dashboards
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Export
- Maps can be saved as PNG images up to 16,000×16,000 pixels or exported as SVG.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Maps can be saved as PNGs up to 16,000×16,000 pixels or exported as SVG.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- The documentation says custom plugins can be supplied when creating a Viewer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- File parsing
- The CGParse.js tutorial describes converting GenBank, EMBL, or FASTA sequence files into JSON that can be loaded into CGView.js.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Genome views
- It supports circular and linear genome maps.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The installation guide describes adding CGView.js to a project via npm, yarn, or the jsDelivr CDN.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CGView.js is a circular genome viewing tool for visualizing and interacting with small genomes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The opened official pages do not state security or compliance certifications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Sequence plots
- The software can generate features and plots from sequence data, including ORFs, GC-content, and GC-Skew.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site directs general questions to the CGView.js team by email and bug reports or feature suggestions to GitHub.checked 11 Oct 2026
- SVG requirement
- SVG export requires the optional svgcanvas library, and the guide says to use its ESM build.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Views
- It supports circular and linear genome views.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Zoom
- Maps support smooth zooming down to the sequence level.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- webchecked 23 Sep 2026
