Galaxy

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Galaxy is a framework of interactive tools for comparative genomics, targeting both experimental and computational biologists.

Demo & Screenshots

The Galaxy screencasts and demos are located here.


Requirements

  • Subversion to obtain the current code can be downloaded here.
  • Python version 2.4 or higher
  • Mac OS X currently requires Universal "Fat" Python 2.4 (the Python 2.4 build officially supported by Apple) from http://macpython.org/ (direct link)
  • Galaxy runs fine in most Posix environments. It is not currently supported on Windows platforms, but necessary Python eggs can be built by those desiring to host it on Windows.


Documentation

Mailing Lists

Mailing List Link Description Archive(s)
Galaxy
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galaxy-announce Announcements of interest to the Galaxy community. Low volume and moderated. Nabble, Mailman
Galaxy Help General questions and discussion about using Galaxy. Also used for announcements relevant to the Galaxy user community. This is not a mailing list, but an online forum, based on the popular Discourse platform. High volume.
galaxy-dev Discussion and questions regarding local installations and development of Galaxy. Medium volume. Nabble, Mailman

Downloads

Galaxy aims to be a zero configuration entirely self-contained system that provides a lightweight webserver, an embedded database and a multi-threaded job manager. All tools (and their parameters) can be specified via simple XML based configuration files. Galaxy download and installation information is located here.