ImageJ AlternativesImage Editors and other similar apps like ImageJ

ImageJ is described as 'Public domain, Java-based image processing program developed at the National Institutes of Health. ImageJ was designed with an open architecture that provides extensibility via Java plugins and recordable macros' and is a Image Editor in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to ImageJ for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and SaaS apps. The best ImageJ alternative is Fiji, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ImageJ are Icy Image Processing, MIPAR, MountainsMap and OLYMPUS Stream.

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  1. Fiji icon
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    Fiji is an image processing package—a "batteries-included" distribution of ImageJ, bundling a lot of plugins which facilitate scientific image analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. User-friendly, research-grade software to acquire, visualise and quantify 2D to 5D biological (microscopy) images

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  3. MIPAR icon
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    MIPAR is a revolutionary image analysis software, capable of identifying and measuring features from nearly any image one can capture.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. Surface imaging, analysis and metrology software.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. OLYMPUS Stream image analysis software guides users through all the steps for image acquisition, quantitative measurements, reporting, and advanced materials science inspection tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Paraview icon
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    ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform application designed to visualize data sets of size varying from small to very large.

    9 Paraview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. SPIP™ icon
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    SPIP™ is the preferred software package for nano- and microscale image processing at high-tech companies and leading research institutes in more than 61 countries.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Image Pro icon
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    Image-Pro Plus image analysis software makes it easy to acquire images, count, measure and classify objects, and automate your work. This software offers microscope control, image capture, measurement, count/size, and macro development tools.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. Drishti icon
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    Drishti is an open-source scientific visualisation software been developed with its end use in mind: ie. visualising volumetric data, such as tomography data, electron-microscopy data, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Digimizer icon
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    Digimizer is an easy-to-use, flexible image analysis software package that allows precise measurements, and automatic object detection.

    Pictures may be X-rays, micrographs, etc. Support for JPG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, WMF, EMF and DICOM files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. JMicroVision icon
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    JMicroVision has been designed to describe, measure, quantify and classify components of all kinds of images. It has an intuitive user interface with powerful features and supports very large images. JMicroVision contains tools with different degrees of automation to manage...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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