<p>I've been using Unipro Ugene and Snapgene Viewer (not for circular genomes, but they both have the option).</p>
<p>Snapgene Viewer is more user-friendly, but I think Ugene might have more tools that are free (if you want to copy-paste pieces of DNA, for instance, you can't do that in Snapgene Viewer, it would require the paid or demo version of Snapgene)</p>

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2021-12-06T08:20:45.873Z
2021-12-06T08:20:45.873Z
Laura
<p>SnapGene Viewer: <a href="https://www.snapgene.com/features/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.snapgene.com/features/</a></p>
<p>MacVector: <a href="https://macvector.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://macvector.com/</a></p>
<p>ApE: <a href="https://jorgensen.biology.utah.edu/wayned/ape/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://jorgensen.biology.utah.edu/wayned/ape/</a></p>

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2021-12-06T07:15:46.230Z
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Alex Reynolds
<p>I use the CGView Server for constructing circular genome maps. It is really a convenient tool for me to explore circular genome maps because it's interactive. I can search a certain region and it can automatically hover to that region. However, the job running on CGView Server will be deleted after 7 days. Are there any alternatives to CGView Server? Preferably something that's offline so I can save it for longer than 7 days. I've checked the website on CGView, but I think the java package for CGView is not interactive. Thanks in advance!</p>

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Offline Interactive Genome Map
# Offline Interactive Genome Map

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-03)

I use the CGView Server for constructing circular genome maps. It is really a convenient tool for me to explore circular genome maps because it's interactive. I can search a certain region and it can automatically hover to that region. However, the job running on CGView Server will be deleted after 7 days. Are there any alternatives to CGView Server? Preferably something that's offline so I can save it for longer than 7 days. I've checked the website on CGView, but I think the java package for CGView is not interactive. Thanks in advance!

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-06. Score: 1

I've been using Unipro Ugene and Snapgene Viewer (not for circular genomes, but they both have the option).

Snapgene Viewer is more user-friendly, but I think Ugene might have more tools that are free (if you want to copy-paste pieces of DNA, for instance, you can't do that in Snapgene Viewer, it would require the paid or demo version of Snapgene)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-12-06. Score: 1

SnapGene Viewer: <https://www.snapgene.com/features/>

MacVector: <https://macvector.com/>

ApE: <https://jorgensen.biology.utah.edu/wayned/ape/>


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