Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV)

The Integrative Genomics Viewer is a high‑performance, interactive application for visualizing a wide range of genomic data and associated metadata. It can load data from local files or cloud resources, supporting common formats used in research and public repositories. The desktop version runs on macOS and offers a responsive interface for exploring variants, alignments, and annotations.

Designed for investigators who need to inspect genomic datasets, the tool enables flexible integration of investigator‑generated and publicly available data. Users can navigate across genomic coordinates, zoom to specific regions, and overlay multiple tracks to compare signals and features within a single view.

The software is released under an MIT license, with source code hosted on GitHub, and is part of a broader family that includes a web application and an embeddable JavaScript component. Its development has been funded by national cancer research programs, and it is cited in several peer‑reviewed publications.