Downloads overview
GO releases official versions on a monthly basis. The annotation and ontology links below provide the latest version of files in the format specified.
Ontology
- Released monthly
- Available in OBO and OWL formats
- Also includes GO subsets (slims)
Annotations
- Released monthly
- Taxon-specific
- Available in either GAF format or GPAD+GPI files
DOI-versioned bundles
Download DOI-versioned bundles here
- Complete archives of each monthly GO release from
2018-08-09
- Please cite with a DOI and access the full bundle of the current release or any other archived release at Zenodo - record 1205166
Archives
Access the Gene Ontology Data Archive here
- Versioned and browsable releases from
2004-03-01
to present; contents of each release vary based on date - For information about the archived files and construction of the archive, see the Archives page
Notifications
To be notified of the exact release date, you can watch the GitHub go-announcement repository.
If there is something that you need or think we might be missing, please contact the GO Helpdesk.