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{{Infobox software
| name = GENtle
| logo = [[File:GENtle splash screen.png|220px]]
| screenshot =
| caption = 
| developer = [[Biography:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]]
| latest_release_version = 1.9.0
| latest_release_date = {{release date|2006|04|07}}
| operating_system = [[Software:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]], [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Software:Linux|Linux]]
| genre = [[Biology:Molecular biology|Molecular biology]] toolkit
| license = [[Free software]] [[GPL]]
| website = {{Plainlist|
* {{URL|http://gentle.magnusmanske.de}}
* {{URL|https://github.com/magnusmanske/gentle-m}}}}
}}

'''GENtle''' is a [[Free software|free software]] under [[GPL]] license.<ref name="magphd">{{cite thesis|author=Magnus Manske|year=2006|url=http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/1907/|title=GENtle, a free multi-purpose molecular biology tool|publisher=University of Cologne|degree=PhD|}}</ref>

== Features ==

GENtle is an equivalent to the proprietary [[Software:Vector NTI|Vector NTI]], a tool for molecular biologists to analyze and edit [[Biology:DNA|DNA]] sequence files. Invitrogens' removal of the free-of-cost academic licence for Vector NTI v11 has had a severe impact on many molecular biology labs that have come to rely on that tool, which led to [[Social:Vendor lock-in|vendor lock-in]] effects, which angered many molecular biologists.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} The GENtle code is developed and maintained<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/magnusmanske/gentle-m|title = Magnusmanske/Gentle-m|date = 17 May 2021}}</ref> by [[Biography:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]]. By design, GENtle is coded to be cross-platform utilizing wxGTK.

==References==
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[[Category:Bioinformatics software]]
[[Category:Free science software]]
[[Category:Science software for Linux]]
[[Category:Software that uses wxWidgets]]

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