QuPath
Open-source desktop software for whole-slide image analysis and annotation.
Free, installs on an ordinary laptop, and does not upload your slides anywhere. The usual first stop if you have never used digital pathology software.
- Cost
- Free
- Hardware
- Runs on any laptop
- Offline
- Works without a connection
- Scanner
- Not required
- Your data
- Stays on your machine
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Maturity
- production
- From
- University of Edinburgh
What it is
Cross-platform desktop application for whole-slide and microscopy image analysis, with scripting, an extension system, and strong annotation tooling. The de facto open-source starting point for digital pathology.
Caveats
Not a diagnostic device. Very large slides benefit from more RAM.
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