Phred - Phrap Information

Windows and OS X users

Phred and Phrap are command line programs, intended for use from automated scripts in large-scale environments. Our experience shows that most users interested in Phred and Phrap would like a graphical user interface, as well as the ability to view and edit contigs; for those users, we offer CodonCode Aligner for Windows and Mac OS X.

CodonCode Aligner is an assembly and contig editing program for Windows and Mac OS X, with the ability to run Phred and Phrap. Free demo versions of CodonCode Aligner are available. For more information about Aligner, please visit: http://www.codoncode.com/aligner/

The CodonCode Aligner installers also include time-limited trial versions of Phred and Phrap, allowing you to evaluate Phred and Phrap.

Linux/UNIX users

Running Phred-Phrap on Linux or UNIX requires that you are familiar with running programs through Perl scripts or from the command line. For academic users who have the required expertise, we suggest that you obtain the software directly from the authors at the University of Washington, as described below. For users at companies and for-profit institutions, we can make time-limited evaluation versions available before purchase.

Licenses for Phred - Phrap

Academic and Non-Profit Licenses

Users at academic and non-profit institutions can obtain licenses for Phred and Phrap free of charge.

  • If you purchase a license for CodonCode Aligner, you will automatically receive a free license for Phred and Phrap.
  • If you plan to use Phred and Phrap from scripts or programs other than CodonCode Aligner, we suggest that you obtain the source code for the programs directly from the authors at the University of Washington (CodonCode Corporation cannot distribute source code). For details, please visit: http://www.phrap.org/consed/consed.html#howToGet
  • Windows and OS X users who plan to run Phred-Phrap from the command line can request free restricted Phred-Phrap licenses from CodonCode Corporation (this is restricted to users in certain countries, including the USA, Canada, and most countries in the European Union; but excludes users in countries with questionable attitudes towards copyright protection).

For-Profit Licenses

All users who plan to use Phred-Phrap for any commercially funded sequencing projects, and all users at for-profit institutions, need to purchase a license for Phred-Phrap. Prices for site licenses are listed at http://www.codoncode.com/sitelicense/.

Before purchasing a license for Phred-Phrap, we strongly suggest that you first try the software to make sure that it fits your needs. Windows and OS X users can use trial versions of CodonCode Aligner to evaluate Phred-Phrap. For UNIX/Linux users, we can make time-limited trial versions available on request; please contact us and let us know the exact version of the operating system you plan to use.

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