CGView.js

Spec sheet

Purpose

CGView.js is a circular genome viewing tool for visualizing and interacting with small genomes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Audience

The site identifies CGView.js as the genome viewer of Proksee, an expert system for genome assembly, annotation, and visualization.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Free plan

YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · js.cgview.ca

API

The site provides a documented API for interacting programmatically with CGView.js maps.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Security

The opened official pages do not state security or compliance certifications.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Support

The site directs general questions to the CGView.js team by email and bug reports or feature suggestions to GitHub.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Capacity

The site says it can draw genomes up to 10 Mbp with thousands of features and hundreds of contigs.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Dashboard type

interactiveRead 23 Sep 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Data formats

The site links to a CGParse.js tutorial for building maps from GenBank, EMBL or FASTA files.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Dependency

CGView.js requires D3 version 6 or 7; svgcanvas is optional and required only for SVG map export.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Embedded dashboards

YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Export

Maps can be saved as PNG images up to 16,000×16,000 pixels or exported as SVG.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Exports

Maps can be saved as PNGs up to 16,000×16,000 pixels or exported as SVG.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Extensibility

The documentation says custom plugins can be supplied when creating a Viewer.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

File parsing

The CGParse.js tutorial describes converting GenBank, EMBL, or FASTA sequence files into JSON that can be loaded into CGView.js.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Genome views

It supports circular and linear genome maps.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Installation

The installation guide describes adding CGView.js to a project via npm, yarn, or the jsDelivr CDN.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Platform

webRead 23 Sep 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Sequence plots

The software can generate features and plots from sequence data, including ORFs, GC-content, and GC-Skew.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

SVG requirement

SVG export requires the optional svgcanvas library, and the guide says to use its ESM build.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Views

It supports circular and linear genome views.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Zoom

Maps support smooth zooming down to the sequence level.Read 11 Oct 2026 · js.cgview.ca

Where Specifiction places it

• Data Visualization Software#93 of 986.9