The bycon project implements a data hosting environment for genomic and pheno-clinical data aligned with the GA4GH Beacon data model. It provides a Beacon API for data query and retrieval but also has extended functionality with a focus on genomic copy number variation data. For a prominent implementation example showcasing bycon features please see the Progenetix oncogenomic resource.

The underlying database system utilizes a MongoDB instance and a storage model following for te most part the GA4GH object model. Also, the bycon project implements functions for the ingestion and management of genomic variants and phenoclinical data, and provides a fromnt end for the Beacon API as a statically compiled React project.

Documentation has been moved to bycon.progenetix.org. Due to the rapid code development it is recommended to keep following the Changes page.

The installation is documented on the website (and in the page's Markdown source here).