CATG (Collinearity-based Assembly correcTor GUI) is a GUI application base on Qt with PySide6. It is a tool that can adjust assembly with collinearity and generate tour files for assembly.

CATG is now published in G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics
Shengcheng Zhang, Hejun Du, Xingtan Zhang, Binzhong Wang, Collinearity-based Assembly Correction Tool GUI: Software for collinearity-based genome assembly correction, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025, jkae277, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkae277.

User can download executable file with following links.

1. Windows user

• https://github.com/sc-zhang/CATG/releases/download/v1.2.2/CATG-v1.2.2.exe
• https://zenodo.org/records/13621059/files/CATG-v1.2.2.exe?download=1

2. Mac user (Apple silicon)

• https://github.com/sc-zhang/CATG/releases/download/v1.2.2/CATG-v1.2.2.arm.dmg
• https://zenodo.org/records/13621059/files/CATG-v1.2.2.arm.dmg?download=1

3. Mac user (Intel silicon)

• https://github.com/sc-zhang/CATG/releases/download/v1.2.2/CATG-v1.2.2.Intel.dmg
• https://zenodo.org/records/13621059/files/CATG-v1.2.2.Intel.dmg?download=1

4. Ubuntu user

• https://github.com/sc-zhang/CATG/releases/download/v1.2.2/CATG-v1.2.2.bin
• https://zenodo.org/records/13621059/files/CATG-v1.2.2.bin?download=1

The online version of user manual could be found in CATG Wiki

The pdf version of user manual could be found in CATG User Guide

1. Test data could be found in following links.

• https://github.com/sc-zhang/CATG/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.2.zip
• https://zenodo.org/records/13621059/files/sc-zhang/CATG-v1.2.2.zip?download=1

2. Unzip this compressed file, a file named "test.tar.gz" could be found in test folder, then unzip test.tar.gz, four files: qry.agp, qry.bed, qry.ref.anchors, ref.bed could be found which can be used with this tool.

3. test.tar.gz also could be found in following links.

• https://github.com/sc-zhang/CATG/releases/download/v1.2.2/test_data.tar.gz