BamView 1.1 was available to download from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available. This free tool was originally produced by Sanger Institute. The program is categorized as Photo & Graphics Tools. The most popular versions among BamView users are 6.0 and 1.1. We cannot guarantee that the program is safe to download as it will be downloaded from the developer's website. Before launching the program, check it with any free antivirus software.
From the developer:
BamView is a free interactive display of read alignments in BAM data files.
BamView application displays read alignments/mappings. As the name suggests it reads a BAM file that has been sorted and indexed using SAMtools. BamView requires Java 1.6 as it makes use of the Java bindings (Picard) to read the BAM file.
You may want to check out more software, such as Montagne, PP3 Private Album or DVD PixPlay Extra Image Formats Plug-In, which might be similar to BamView.