Installation
Availability and Requirements¶
GINsim 3.1 is freely available without guarantees. Please contact us for training, other support or dedicated development. The GINsim website https://ginsim.github.io provides the latest official version of the software, documentation, as well as a model library.
Download
| Version | Date | Download file | See changelog |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Jan 2026 | GINsim-3.1-with-deps.jar | ChangeLog-3.1.txt |
| 3.0.0b | Mar 2018 | GINsim-3.0.0b-with-deps.jar | ChangeLog-3.0.0b.txt |
| 2.4alpha | Mar 2010 | GINsim-2.4.jar | ChangeLog-2.4.txt |
| 2.3.1 | Sep 2010 | GINsim-2.3.1.jar | ChangeLog-2.3.1.txt |
Or grab the development version on GitHub: GINsim-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
GINsim 3.1 requires Java >=11 to run.
To obtain Java for Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX, you can download it at https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases. If you have an Oracle account, you can also use Java from Oracle.
Running GINsim¶
Once you have obtained GINsim, you can launch it by double-click or with the command:
$ java -jar GINsim-#version.jar
The following options are available for GINsim:
file: open file on startup (skip the Welcome dialog).
-n: start with a new regulatory graph (skip the Welcome dialog).
-h: help message.
-s: run GINsim in script mode
-lm : Let the bioLQM library parse the command line arguments.
--dev : enables some experimental features still in under development.
-py : launch a server for the py4j python gateway (used for scripting in the Python Notebook).
The JAVA virtual machine provide many options, in particular GINsim can benefit from extending the amount of memory available, with the -Xmx option. For example, one can launch GINsim with 1000MB of memory using java -Xmm1000M -jar GINsim-#version.jar.
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License¶
Since version 2.9.3, this software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
Older versions are freely available for academic use.