Base Editing Analysis Tool

Click below to download the BEAT program for offline usage running on your computer:
Windows || Mac

Drag and Drop   Single or multiple files in .ab1 format:


Please cite: Xu L, Liu Y, Han R. (2019) BEAT: A python program to quantify base editing from Sanger sequencing. CRISPR J 2(4):223-229.
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IMPORTANT: The sequencing data is usually noisy in the beginning and at the end. You will need to set proper values for the Start and End positions in your sequencing data to be included for BEAT analysis.
05/21/2021: Fixed an issue caused by special characters in file names.
06/20/2024: If you could not run the offline program on your macOS, please try the following:
  • Open a terminal window;
  • Using the cd command, navigate to the place where the application is stored: cd path_to_application;
  • Run sudo chmod +x application_file to make it executable. The command should look something like this:
    sudo chmod +x "/Applications/Beat_OSX.app/Contents/MacOS/Beat_OSX"