From 1331b498516f565e9c628b1e058593f43e17043c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Keller <7525285+keller-mark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:39:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Update index.md
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diff --git a/resources/tools/index.md b/resources/tools/index.md
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@@ -120,3 +120,5 @@ Libraries that support the rendering and navigation of OME-Zarr data, but that a
| OMEZarrTileSource | [](https://github.com/TissUUmaps/OMEZarrTileSource) | An OpenSeadragon tile source for the OME-Zarr bioimage file format. |
| ome-zarr.js | [](https://github.com/BioNGFF/ome-zarr.js) | A JavaScript library for simple rendering of thumbnails and images. |
| idetik | [](https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/idetik) | A library for building web-based image viewers. |
+| Viv | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) | A JavaScript library that provides DeckGL-compatible layers for rendering OME-Zarr images on the web. |
+| Pluot | [](https://github.com/keller-mark/pluot) | Rust and WebGPU-based rendering of OME-Zarr images with bindings to JavaScript/React, Python, and R. |
From e5c7218de5fe8ead44c00f71ae39a81a4172ca0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Keller <7525285+keller-mark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:48:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Update index.md
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resources/tools/index.md | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/resources/tools/index.md b/resources/tools/index.md
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@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ Want to view a Zarr? Use one of these.
| Odon | [
](https://github.com/alexcoulton/odon) | A spatial proteomics OME-Zarr viewer built in Rust.|
| QuPath | [
](https://github.com/qupath/qupath) | Open source software for digital pathology image analysis |
| syGlass | [
](https://www.syglass.io/) | A VR desktop application for visualizing and segmenting 3D image data, with OME-Zarr streaming support. |
-| Viv (Avivator, Vizarr, Vitessce, ...) | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) | A toolkit for interactive visualization of high-resolution, multiplexed bioimaging datasets. The viv toolkit is used by the [Avivator](https://avivator.gehlenborglab.org), [Vizarr](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) and [Vitessce](http://vitessce.io) image viewers, among others |
+| Vitessce | [
](https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce) | A framework for interactive visualization of single-cell and spatial multi-omics data, including support for multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. Vitessce is built using the [Viv](github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
+| Vizarr | [
](github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) | A minimal client-side application for viewing multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images (including HCS images) online and in notebooks. Vizarr is built using the [Viv](github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
+| Avivator | [
]([https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv/tree/main/sites/avivator)) | A lightweight demo website that showcases the [Viv](github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library for rendering multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. |
| Vol-E | [
](https://vole.allencell.org/) | A browser-based volume viewer |
| WEBKNOSSOS | [
](https://home.webknossos.org/) | An open-source tool for annotating and exploring large 3D image datasets |
From 5b9449ebc25226e5e622bad7163ef3a7e9d7973c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Keller <7525285+keller-mark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:52:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Update index.md
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resources/tools/index.md | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/resources/tools/index.md b/resources/tools/index.md
index 3fcd3597..d0eff91f 100644
--- a/resources/tools/index.md
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@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ Want to view a Zarr? Use one of these.
| Odon | [
](https://github.com/alexcoulton/odon) | A spatial proteomics OME-Zarr viewer built in Rust.|
| QuPath | [
](https://github.com/qupath/qupath) | Open source software for digital pathology image analysis |
| syGlass | [
](https://www.syglass.io/) | A VR desktop application for visualizing and segmenting 3D image data, with OME-Zarr streaming support. |
-| Vitessce | [
](https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce) | A framework for interactive visualization of single-cell and spatial multi-omics data, including support for multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. Vitessce is built using the [Viv](github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
-| Vizarr | [
](github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) | A minimal client-side application for viewing multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images (including HCS images) online and in notebooks. Vizarr is built using the [Viv](github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
-| Avivator | [
]([https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv/tree/main/sites/avivator)) | A lightweight demo website that showcases the [Viv](github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library for rendering multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. |
+| Vitessce | [
](https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce) | A framework for interactive visualization of single-cell and spatial multi-omics data, including support for multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. Vitessce is built using the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
+| Vizarr | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) | A minimal client-side application for viewing multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images (including HCS images) online and in notebooks. Vizarr is built using the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
+| Avivator | [
]([https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv/tree/main/sites/avivator)) | A lightweight demo website that showcases the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library for rendering multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. |
| Vol-E | [
](https://vole.allencell.org/) | A browser-based volume viewer |
| WEBKNOSSOS | [
](https://home.webknossos.org/) | An open-source tool for annotating and exploring large 3D image datasets |
From adc06425059036e4ea212f1f82838b7f5f354616 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Keller <7525285+keller-mark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:54:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] Update index.md
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resources/tools/index.md | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/resources/tools/index.md b/resources/tools/index.md
index d0eff91f..46508c86 100644
--- a/resources/tools/index.md
+++ b/resources/tools/index.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Want to view a Zarr? Use one of these.
| syGlass | [
](https://www.syglass.io/) | A VR desktop application for visualizing and segmenting 3D image data, with OME-Zarr streaming support. |
| Vitessce | [
](https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce) | A framework for interactive visualization of single-cell and spatial multi-omics data, including support for multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. Vitessce is built using the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
| Vizarr | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) | A minimal client-side application for viewing multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images (including HCS images) online and in notebooks. Vizarr is built using the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
-| Avivator | [
]([https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv/tree/main/sites/avivator)) | A lightweight demo website that showcases the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library for rendering multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. |
+| Avivator | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv/tree/main/sites/avivator) | A lightweight demo website that showcases the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library for rendering multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. |
| Vol-E | [
](https://vole.allencell.org/) | A browser-based volume viewer |
| WEBKNOSSOS | [
](https://home.webknossos.org/) | An open-source tool for annotating and exploring large 3D image datasets |
From 86461251d1e1c2fe146822e1f160ad94d1110694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Keller <7525285+keller-mark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 16:25:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Update index.md
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resources/tools/index.md | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/resources/tools/index.md b/resources/tools/index.md
index 46508c86..82e84b32 100644
--- a/resources/tools/index.md
+++ b/resources/tools/index.md
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ Want to view a Zarr? Use one of these.
| Odon | [
](https://github.com/alexcoulton/odon) | A spatial proteomics OME-Zarr viewer built in Rust.|
| QuPath | [
](https://github.com/qupath/qupath) | Open source software for digital pathology image analysis |
| syGlass | [
](https://www.syglass.io/) | A VR desktop application for visualizing and segmenting 3D image data, with OME-Zarr streaming support. |
-| Vitessce | [
](https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce) | A framework for interactive visualization of single-cell and spatial multi-omics data, including support for multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. Vitessce is built using the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
-| Vizarr | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) | A minimal client-side application for viewing multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images (including HCS images) online and in notebooks. Vizarr is built using the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library. |
-| Avivator | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv/tree/main/sites/avivator) | A lightweight demo website that showcases the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) library for rendering multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images. |
+| Vitessce | [
](https://github.com/vitessce/vitessce) | Framework for visualization of spatial single-cell data, built using [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv). |
+| Vizarr | [
](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/vizarr) | Web app for viewing multi-scale, multiplexed OME-Zarr images (incl. HCS), built using [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv). |
+| Avivator | [
](https://avivator.gehlenborglab.org/) | Demo website that showcases the [Viv](https://github.com/hms-dbmi/viv) rendering library. |
| Vol-E | [
](https://vole.allencell.org/) | A browser-based volume viewer |
| WEBKNOSSOS | [
](https://home.webknossos.org/) | An open-source tool for annotating and exploring large 3D image datasets |