Portable-CELLxGENE: standalone executables of CELLxGENE for easy installation
George T. Hall

TL;DR
Portable-CELLxGENE is a standalone, easy-to-install version of CELLxGENE that simplifies single-cell transcriptomics analysis for non-expert biologists by providing a graphical interface and multi-dataset support.
Contribution
It introduces a portable, user-friendly distribution of CELLxGENE with enhanced installation and dataset analysis capabilities for non-bioinformaticians.
Findings
Easier installation process for CELLxGENE on Windows and MacOS
Supports analysis of multiple datasets through an extended Python package
Available as open-source software on GitHub
Abstract
Biologists who want to analyse their single-cell transcriptomics dataset must install and use specialist software via the command line. This is often impractical for non-bioinformaticians. Whilst the popular CELLxGENE software provides an intuitive graphical interface to facilitate analysis outside the command line, its server-side installation and execution remain complex. A version that is easier to install and run would allow non-bioinformaticians to take advantage of this valuable tool without needing to use the command line. Portable-CELLxGENE is a standalone distribution of CELLxGENE that can be installed via a graphical interface. It contains an easy-to-use extension of the CELLxGENE-Gateway Python package to allow the analysis of multiple datasets. Availability and implementation: Versions of Portable-CELLxGENE for Windows and MacOS, along with its source code, are available…
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TopicsMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications · Scientific Computing and Data Management
