Geneious

Inspirational Software for Biologists

Download Geneious 5.0

Geneious includes a free 14-day trial of the Geneious Pro features.
After your trial, you will then need to purchase a license to access Pro features. Alternatively, you are welcome to continue using Geneious Basic for academic purposes – Compare Pro and Basic. Commercial users are entitled to download and use Geneious Basic, including the free Geneious Pro trial, for evaluation purposes only.

Already purchased a license? Download Geneious Basic below and enter your license information in to the program to enable Geneious Pro.


  • (includes Java, Windows 7 compatible!)


  • (Snow Leopard compatible!)


  • (includes Java)


* Download the 64-bit version if you have at least 4GB of RAM.

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Beta Version

A beta version of Geneious may be made available before the official release for the purposes of testing. Before you install a beta version it is recommended you backup your data by using File -> Export -> All Local Documents.

Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Windows (includes Java 6)
Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Windows (excludes Java)

Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Windows 64 bit (incl 64bit Java 6)
Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Windows 64 bit (excludes Java)

Geneious 5.1.0 (beta) for Mac OS 32 bit
Geneious 5.1.0 (beta) for Mac OS 64 bit

Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Linux 32 bit (includes Java 6)
Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Linux 64 bit (includes Java 6)
Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Linux (excludes Java)

Geneious 5.1.1 (beta) for Solaris

Already have Java?

If you already have Java 5 or later runtime environment installed on your computer you can download one of the following packages which don't include the JRE:

Download Geneious 5.0.4 for Windows (without Java)
Download Geneious 5.0.4 for 64 bit Windows (without Java)
Download Geneious 5.0.4 for Linux (without Java)

Notes on running Geneious on Linux

Previous Versions

If you would like to download an older version of Geneious, take a look at the list of previous releases

Requirements

Java 5/Java 6
Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 Unix/Linux
Minimum system requirements

Installation Instructions

Windows: Download the windows installer from above, run it and then follow the on screen instructions.

Mac OS X: Download the Macintosh dmg file, double-click it to mount the disk image then drag Geneious to your Applications folder or other desired location. (Note: you may need run Software Update to install the latest Java – or download it using the link below.)

Linux: Download the .sh install script above and run it using the command:
# sh Geneious_unix_5_0_4_with_jre.sh

Upgrade Instructions

To upgrade from a previous version of Geneious, download the installer for your operating system then install the new version to the same location that Geneious was previously installed.

Your existing data will automatically be upgraded to the new data format and loaded in to Geneious.

Other Resources

Download free plugins for Geneious
Write your own plugins for Geneious
Geneious Manual (PDF)
Java Runtime Environment for Windows/Linux
Java Runtime Environment for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger