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igv.js is an embeddable interactive genome visualization component written in JavaScript and CSS. It is based on the desktop Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV), and developed by the same team.

Quick links for developers

• Creating the embeddable IGV browser object.
• Controlling the browser object.
• Track types and configuration options.
• Dependencies.

See here for examples that illustrate embedding igv.js in web pages.

Releases

• Current Release: https://igv.org/web/release/1.0.9

• Current Beta Release (built periodically with next release features): https://igv.org/web/release/2.0.0-rc3

• Nightly Build (caution advised): https://igv.org/web/test/dist

Building from Source To build the distribution files run "grunt" from the repository root directory. This will create a "dist" directory with igv.js, igv.min.js, and igv-all.css. See the examples folder for pages that use the resulting "dist" directory.

See https://gruntjs.com/ for information for installing grunt.

See also the Release Notes