# \[ANN\] BioMakie.jl v0.3.0 - Stable with examples

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biomakie-jl-v0-3-0-stable-with-examples/106428
**Category:** Package Announcements
**Tags:** package, announcement, plotting, makie
**Created:** [November 19, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biomakie-jl-v0-3-0-stable-with-examples/106428 "2023-11-19T05:44:02Z")
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### Author: ![kool7d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kool7d/32/3608_2.png) [@kool7d](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kool7d)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biomakie-jl-v0-3-0-stable-with-examples/106428/1 "2023-11-19T05:44:02Z")

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BioMakie.jl seems to be in a stable state with possibly useful examples available and a little bit of documentation. Test it out when you get a chance! 🙂

### Package:

[https://github.com/BioJulia/BioMakie.jl](https://github.com/BioJulia/BioMakie.jl)

### Docs:

> **[Home · BioMakie.jl](https://biojulia.dev/BioMakie.jl/dev/)**
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> Documentation for BioMakie.jl.

## [Contributing and questions](https://biojulia.dev/BioMakie.jl/dev/#Contributing-and-questions)

Anyone can contribute to this package, by doing things like reporting bugs, fixing issues, improving performance, adding new features, and adding examples. Feel free to open an **Issue** or **Pull Request** , or communicate on the **#biology** or **#makie** channels of the [Julia Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/julialang/shared_invite/zt-1ab2rnvlw-mfODD9DJC_apVEULyKXDrA).

## [About](https://biojulia.dev/BioMakie.jl/dev/#About)

This package provides plotting functions for protein structures, multiple sequence alignments, and some other related plots like protein structure contact maps. It also provides more complicated examples that show off additional functionality and interfaces. The main plotting functions are **plotstruc** and **plotmsa** , along with their mutating versions, **plotstruc!** and **plotmsa!**.

### [Implemented packages:](https://biojulia.dev/BioMakie.jl/dev/#Implemented-packages:)

Significant or full coverage:

- BioStructures.jl
- MIToS.jl
- FastaIO.jl
- FASTX.jl

Some coverage:

- MolecularGraph.jl
- ProtoSyn.jl

### [Implemented visualizations:](https://biojulia.dev/BioMakie.jl/dev/#Implemented-visualizations:)

- Structures
  - Ball and stick, spacefilling, covalent representations
  - Selections
  - Alpha shapes

- Multiple sequence alignments
  - Grid display
  - Selections
  - Frequency plot

- Data acquisition and GPT-3.5-turbo API
- Mutating structural residues with ProtoSyn

### [To Do:](https://biojulia.dev/BioMakie.jl/dev/#To-Do:)

- Non-standard and modified amino acids
- Connect MSA and structure plot
- Protein dynamics
- Better support for ligands and multiple chains
- Database web API interfaces
- WGLMakie support
- More examples

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### Author: ![kevbonham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kevbonham/32/216165_2.png) [@kevbonham](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kevbonham)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biomakie-jl-v0-3-0-stable-with-examples/106428/2 "2023-11-19T12:14:45Z")

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You should add a link to the package and docs 😉

Seriously, amazing work!

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### Author: ![kool7d](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kool7d/32/3608_2.png) [@kool7d](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kool7d)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-biomakie-jl-v0-3-0-stable-with-examples/106428/3 "2023-11-19T15:52:59Z")

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I forget the most obvious things sometimes, thanks!