Ugene

UGENE is free open-source cross-platform bioinformatics software

From ugeneunipro·Updated June 11, 2026·View on GitHub·

Download UGENE: [https://ugeneunipro.github.io/ugene/](https://ugeneunipro.github.io/ugene/) The project is written primarily in C++, distributed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 license, first published in 2016. Key topics include: bioinformatics, cpp, cross-platform, dna, msa.

Latest release: 53.1— Release 53.1

March 4, 2026View Changelog →

UGENE

Download UGENE: https://ugeneunipro.github.io/ugene/

Building UGENE

Prerequisites

Qt 5.15.x with the following components installed via the Qt installer:

Desktop
QtScript

Build

Set the Qt5_DIR system environment variable to point to the Qt 5 installation directory.

Run the following commands based on your operating system:

Linux & macOS:

sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-dev zlib1g-dev libxtst-dev sudo libglu1-mesa-dev
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "Unix Makefiles" -S . -B "../build-ugene-release"
cmake --build "../build-ugene-release" -- -j 4

Windows:

cmake -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=Release -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -S . -B "../build-ugene-release"
cmake --build "../build-ugene-release" --parallel --config Release

For more details, please check the build.sh files in the etc/scripts directory.