Phylogeny App

Changelog

Current release

Version 2.0

A rebuilt viewer and updated Laravel administration, preserving the core workflows of the original app.

  • Newick, NEXUS, phyloXML, and legacy project loading with more robust parsing.
  • Rectangular and circular trees, phylograms and cladograms, independent label controls, annotations, metadata colouring, node bars, and a scale bar.
  • Taxon search, fit and zoom to selection, minimap, keyboard access, responsive panels, and undo/redo.
  • CSV/TSV metadata joins and SVG, PNG, PDF, Newick, NEXUS, and project exports.
  • Share, edit-later, and embed links with safer document validation and expiry handling.
  • Dark theme, refreshed branding, and a role-gated administrator interface.

Version 1.7 · June 5, 2023

Re-release of the original app.

  • Backend upgrade and database reset.

Version 1.6 · April 21, 2019

New format support and examples.

  • phyloXML file support.
  • An additional example tree.

Version 1.5 · April 13, 2019

Updates to sharing, annotation, and larger trees.

  • Legend sidebar in shared views and annotation image upload and storage.
  • Circular leaf-label direction toggle and support for up to 3,000 leaf nodes.
  • Updated toolbar, node information in annotation view, and annotation keyboard shortcuts.
  • Alternative upload file extensions, bug fixes, and optimizations.

Version 1.4 · May 25, 2018

More editing and export options.

  • Annotation thresholding, re-editing shared trees, and circular view rotation.
  • SVG and PNG export, italic leaf labels, and a changelog page.
  • Removed notifications and welcome modal; fixed various bugs.

Version 1.3 · October 10, 2016

First public release of the app and its GitHub repositories.

Version 1.2 · June 2016

Internal release with CMS functionality.

  • Admin section, chart sharing, embeddable shared charts, and additional pages.

Version 1.1 · December 2015

Expanded internal testing release with a redesigned interface.

  • Colour picker history, NEXUS parsing, and saved tree settings.
  • Node, leaf, and branch operations; X/Y tree sizing; annotation and sorting.
  • Two additional branch projections, node bars, and code refactoring.

Version 1.0 · April 2015

Initial internal tree editor.

  • Basic charting and file loading with drag and drop.
  • Four chart layouts with transitions; node, branch, and leaf selection and colouring.
  • JSON save/load and child-node rotation.