| Name | Purpose / Description | File formats | Platform | Free or Paid? | Link to tool | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AliView | Genomics data viewer | |||||
| Amnesia | Finds direct and indirect identifiers | |||||
| ArcGIS | Opening and checking spatial data files | Windows | Paid | |||
| Artemis | Genomic sequence visualization | Browser | Free | https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/tools/artemis | ||
| AstroPi | FITS files (astrofiles) | |||||
| AutoDesk Viewer | CAD | In-browser (Firefox, Chrome tested) | Free | https://viewer.autodesk.com/ | Account necessary for use. | |
| BamView | Genomic sequence visualization for .BAM files | MacOSX, Windows and Unix | Free | http://bamview.sourceforge.net/ | ||
| BulkExtractor | Output is a file tree | |||||
| Bruker TopSpin | Allows viewing and processing of NMR data files (Bruker) | https://www.bruker.com/service/support-upgrades/software-downloads/nmr.html | Free for academic users (with .edu email address) | |||
| ChemDraw | .MOL files (chemical structures – lossy) | |||||
| Code Ocean | Allows you to reproduce coding environment to verify | Paid | ||||
| Excel Archival Tool | Programmatically convert Excel files into open-source formats and extracts charts/figures, etc. | Windows | Free | https://github.com/mcgrory/ExcelArchivalTool | U of M grad student built. Any issues, contact him! | |
| Figures | Obscure figure/graph raw files (igor) | |||||
| Fiji | Scientific image processing (aka giant files) | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Free | https://fiji.sc/ | Fiji is an image processing package—a “batteries-included” distribution of ImageJ. | |
| Free File Splitter | Breaks large files into more maneagable “chunks” to work with, can rejoin files after evaluation or changes are made | Free | https://www.filesplitter.org/ | Only works for brute force splitting – will break off in the middle of a line of text or code | ||
| GeoNetwork | ||||||
| GLOGG | Opens massive text files | http://glogg.bonnefon.org/index.html | ||||
| HashMyFiles | Maps files, shows hashes | |||||
| Identity Finder | Tries to detect well-formatted sensitive information | Windows / Server level | ||||
| IDL | Astronomical/Atmospheric files (space .py package) | |||||
| ImageJ | Scientific image processing (aka giant files) | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Free | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ | ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program. | |
| iNMR | Allows you to view and process NMR data files | Free limited use (each work session is limited to 30 minutes) | ||||
| Jena | 3D molecular structure/Crystallographic files | http://jenalib.leibniz-fli.de/ | ||||
| JHOVE | File verification | |||||
| Mango | CT/MRI image files | |||||
| Matlab | Computation and visualization | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Paid | https://www.mathworks.com/ | ||
| MediaInfo | MediaInfo is a convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files. | Audiovisual files | Free | https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo | ||
| Mesquite | Plant genetics/evolutionary biology | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Free | https://www.mesquiteproject.org/ | ||
| MicroView | MicroView is a 2D/3D image viewer and analysis tool. It is written in Python and uses VTK for all of its graphical capabilities. | Free | https://sourceforge.net/projects/microview/ | |||
| MRICRO | CT/MRI image files | |||||
| MZmine | Mass spec data files | |||||
| NARA File Analyzer | Forensic tool – detects if file is what it says it is | |||||
| NCAR command language | Climate science (netCDF) | |||||
| NCView | Climate science (netCDF) | |||||
| NotePad++ | Opens most files if another tool won’t, does other diagnostic things | |||||
| Octave | https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ | |||||
| Omero | Microscopic images | |||||
| OsiriX | CT/MRI image files | |||||
| Panoply | Java application for climate science (netCDF) | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Free | https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/ | ||
| Print Window | Maps files | |||||
| QGIS | Opening and checking spatial data files | Free | https://qgis.org/ | |||
| Repro Zip | Allows you to reproduce coding environment data was analyzed in (like docker) | |||||
| RStudio | ||||||
| SciLab | Open source alternative to Matlab | Windows, MacOs, Linux | Free | https://www.scilab.org/ | ||
| TAD | Opens CSV files (and keeps table structure) | |||||
| Tree | Maps file directories | Free | https://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-export-directory-tree-folder-windows | Command line in Windows: tree /a /f > output.txt Command line in Mac (first install Tree with Homebrew): tree -hF > ~/Desktop/output.txt https://rschu.me/list-a-directory-with-tree-command-on-mac-os-x-3b2d4c4a4827 | ||
| WebAIM Contrast Checker | checks image contrast and color accessibility, has bookmarklet! | Web-based | free | https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ |
