Last Updated on June 28, 2024
JBR Genome Browser is a general purpose genome browser with integrated semi-supervised peak calling support using SPAN.
The browser is optimized to work with large session containing BigWig and BigBed tracks.
A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is bundled with the JBR Genome Browser distribution.
Features include:
- Frontend-agnostic, can be used as desktop application and web-service.
- Integrated peaks annotating.
- On-the-fly peak calling using SPAN models. Supports semi-supervised peak calling with SPAN Peak Analyzer.
- Support for observing multiple genome locations simultaneously.
- Classical genome browser features to view various genome data formats.
- Supported data file formats: BED (including MACS2, SICER peaks), WIG, TDF, BigBed, bigWig.
- Supported sessions formats: JBR *.yaml, IGV *.xml session files.
- Remote URL bigWig/BigBed/BED files support.
- BED track peaks statistics.
- BigWig signal statistics track for multiple locations.
- Optimized for working with large sessions.
- Support for combining tracks, i.e. arithmetic operations.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Mac OS, Windows, and other operating systems that support JRE.
Website: github.com/JetBrains-Research/jbr
Support:
Developer: JetBrains Research BioLabs
License: Proprietary

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