---
name: "figtree"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "figtree"
version: "1.4.4-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/figtree"
---

# figtree(1)

graphical phylogenetic tree viewer

## NAME

figtree - graphical phylogenetic tree viewer

## SYNOPSIS

**figtree** \[-graphic \<PDF\|SVG\|SWF\|PS\|EMF\|PNG\>\] \[-width \<i\>\] \[-height \<i\>\] \[-help\] \[\<tree-file-name\>\] \[\<graphic-file-name\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

Figtree is a (phylogenetic) tree figure drawing tool. It is designed as a graphical viewer of phylogenetic trees and as a program for producing publication-ready figures.  In particular it is designed to display summarized and annotated trees produced by BEAST.

## OPTIONS

**-graphic** produce a graphic with the given format

**-width** the width of the graphic in pixels

**-height** the height of the graphic in pixels

**-help** option to print help message

## AUTHOR

Andrew Rambaut \<a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk\>, University of Edinburgh, Institute of Evolutionary Biology \<http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/\>

Uses the Java Evolutionary Biology Library (JEBL) \<http://jebl.sourceforge.net/\>

Thanks to Alexei Drummond, Joseph Heled, Philippe Lemey, Tulio de Oliveira, Beth Shapiro & Marc Suchard

## EXAMPLES

figtree test.tree\
 figtree **-graphic** PDF test.tree test.pdf\
 figtree **-graphic** PNG **-width** 320 **-height** 320 test.tree test.png