GelAnalyzer 26.1

Desktop application for 1D gel electrophoresis evaluation

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Core features

  • Analyze gel images from any source.
  • Image preprocessing by fine image rotation and cropping.
  • Automatic lane detection with configurable parameters.
  • Automatic band (peak) detection with configurable parameters.
  • Full manual control over adding, modifying, and deleting lanes and bands.
  • Gel run distortion correction via Rf calibration.
  • Automatic profile background correction with configurable parameters.
  • Quantitative and qualitative calibration and evaluation.
  • Advanced image and profile panel export options.
  • Runs on all major operating systems with JDK 26 or later.

What's New In 26.1

New free features

  • Redesigned modern user interface with improved scaling for high-DPI displays.
  • Band details popup on hover in the image, profile, and calibration views.
  • Configurable band information labels directly on the image.
  • Lane labels shown in a fixed area above the image.
  • Advanced Image and Profile Panel Export
  • New Band Information - Band details now include the band volume ratio.

New Plus features

  • Undo and redo for a more flexible workflow.
  • Lane labels and notes for clearer organization.
  • Band labels and analysis notes.
  • Detailed band data export and full lane profile export.
  • Export of the raw image for the selected lane.

Get a Plus trial license key at gelanalyzer.com/trial.

Download

GelAnalyzer 26.1 is available as a native Windows installer, as a Windows no-install package, a Debian Linux package, and as a Java application package. A native MacOS package will be released soon. In the meantime, GelAnalyzer can run on any operating system that has JDK 26 or later installed.

  • Download the GelAnalyzer 26.1 Windows installer zip package here.
  • Download the GelAnalyzer 26.1 Windows no-install package here.
  • Download the GelAnalyzer 26.1 Debian Linux package here.
  • Download the GelAnalyzer 26.1 Java application package here. This package can be used on any operating system with JDK 26 or newer installed.

For installation, startup, licensing, and usage details, please refer to the GelAnalyzer 26.1 documentation.

Previous GelAnalyzer releases can be downloaded from here.

Note that by downloading and/or running GelAnalyzer you accept the terms of its End User License Agreement.

GelAnalyzer Plus

GelAnalyzer Plus features require a valid license.

Get a trial license key to unlock Plus features for up to 3 images.

Purchasing a full license key for unlimited use will be available soon. The full license key will be a one-time purchase with no expiration date. Click here for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • At present, GelAnalyzer lacks a formally published paper with a proper citation. We kindly request that you cite GelAnalyzer by specifying its name, version, official website, and its creators. For example:

    GelAnalyzer 26.1 (available at www.gelanalyzer.com) by Istvan Lazar Jr., PhD and Istvan Lazar Sr., PhD, CSc

  • Yes. A native macOS app package is not available yet, but you can still run GelAnalyzer on macOS using Java. See the installation documentation here: Running on any operating system with Java.

About Us

GelAnalyzer is created by István Lázár Jr., PhD

Scientific advisor is István Lázár Sr., PhD, CSc

Contact

If you have any question feel free to reach out at info@gelanalyzer.com