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MICRO-MANAGER
Micro-Manager is software for control of microscopes. It works with almost all microscopes, cameras
and peripherals on the market, and provides an easy to use interface that lets you run your microscopy-
based experiments. Micro-Manager runs as a plugin to ImageJ, is Open Source, and is free.
It is a complete image acquisition and microscope control package, available for Windows, Mac and
Linux, it is easy to install and configure right "out-of-the-box", with built-in functionality and user
interface for most common tasks performed in a Life Science laboratory. It also is a software framework
for implementing advanced and novel imaging procedures, extending functionality, customization and
rapid development of specialized imaging applications.
Micro-Manager has been developed at UCSF since the beginning of the project. Starting on October 1,
2015, Micro-Manager is developed and maintained by
Open Imaging
, a company founded by the Micro-
Manager development team.
