Observed arrival · 2026-10-18
BioCartoon puts biology illustrations on a figure-making canvas
A free, open-source editor for building scientific figures from a library of about 20,000 openly licensed biology illustrations.
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✦Pretty
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◎Niche
◉Human
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- Researchers making figures for papers, posters, or talks
- Worth noticing
- Each illustration retains its source and license, with collections ranging from NIH BioArt to Servier Medical Art and Bioicons.
Field notes
Illustrations are gathered from named collections including NIAID NIH BioArt Source, Servier Medical Art, Bioicons, SciDraw, Reactome, Health Icons, and OpenMoji, with licensing varying by item. The editor supports multiple slides, layers, alignment, grouping, cropping, color variants, undo, and PNG export; projects can also be saved for later editing. The desktop version is described as offline-capable, with projects kept on the user's computer.
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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