Geneious

Download Geneious Basic 3.8

For more details on what's new in Geneious 3.8, read our release notes or watch the What's New demo.

Geneious Basic includes a free 14-day trial of the Geneious Pro features.
After your trial, Pro features will be disabled. You will then need to purchase a license to unlock 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 unlock Geneious Pro.


  • 24.3 MB (includes Java 1.5, Vista Compatible!)


  • 30.0 MB (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard compatible!)


  • 28.8 MB (includes Java 1.5)


  • 12.7 MB

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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 3.8.5 (beta) for Windows 64 bit (incl 64bit Java 6)
Geneious 3.8.5 (beta) for Windows 64 bit (excludes Java)

Already have Java 1.5?

If you already have the Java 1.5 runtime environment installed on your computer you can download one of the following packages which don't include the JRE:
Geneious 3.8.5 for Windows (excludes Java)
Geneious 3.8.5 for Linux (excludes Java)

Previous Versions

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

Requirements

Java 1.5 or 1.6
Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 or Unix/Linux

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, run the Geneious installer from the mounted disk and follow the on screen instructions. (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_3_8_5_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