HGNC download files overview
The HGNC host all of their data files on our Google Cloud Storage Bucket. The data files are available in both tab separated and JSON formats.
Statistics & download files
The files found in the Statistics & download files page are updated on each Tuesday and Friday. The page itself displays the current counts of each locus types and locus groups as well as the total number of approved gene symbols. Each category has a JSON and TSV file associated containing the current data found in our database. The page also contains links to download the complete HGNC dataset in both tab separated and JSON formats.
The root path changes from the old FTP server to the new Google Cloud Storage Bucket are:
| File Type | Path |
|---|---|
| Complete set old TSV | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/tsv/hgnc_complete_set.txt |
| Complete set new TSV | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/tsv/tsv/hgnc_complete_set.txt |
| Withdrawn old TSV | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/tsv/withdrawn.txt |
| Withdrawn new TSV | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/tsv/tsv/withdrawn.txt |
| Old locus group TSV | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/tsv/locus_groups/<GROUP>.txt |
| New locus group TSV | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/tsv/tsv/locus_groups/<GROUP>.txt |
| Old locus type TSV | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/tsv/locus_types/<TYPE>.txt |
| New locus type TSV | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/tsv/tsv/locus_types/<TYPE>.txt |
| Complete set old JSON | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/json/hgnc_complete_set.json |
| Complete set new JSON | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/json/json/hgnc_complete_set.json |
| Withdrawn old JSON | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/json/withdrawn.json |
| Withdrawn new JSON | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/json/json/withdrawn.json |
| Old locus group JSON | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/json/locus_groups/<GROUP>.json |
| New locus group JSON | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/json/json/locus_groups/<GROUP>.json |
| Old locus type JSON | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/json/locus_types/<TYPE>.json |
| New locus type JSON | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/json/json/locus_types/<TYPE>.json |
Gene group data files
Like the statistics & download files, the gene group data files are updated on each Tuesday and Friday. The files for the gene groups are database table dumps in a CSV format. For more information about these files, please see the Gene group DB table files.
Archived data files
The archive data files are updated on the first week of the month on a Tuesday or Friday, which ever comes first. If a monthly file is over 365 days old, the file will be deleted for us to save disk space however, the quarterly files are not deleted currently so for snapshots older than 365 days please use the quarterly files.
For more information about our archived data files, please see the HGNC data archive help.
The root path changes from the old FTP server to the new Google Cloud Storage Bucket are:
| File Type | Path |
|---|---|
| Old monthly TSV | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/archive/monthly/tsv/<FILE> |
| New monthly TSV | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/archive/archive/monthly/tsv/<FILE> |
| Old quarterly TSV | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/archive/quarterly/tsv/<FILE> |
| New quarterly TSV | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/archive/archive/quarterly/tsv/<FILE> |
| Old monthly JSON | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/archive/monthly/json/<FILE> |
| New monthly JSON | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/archive/archive/monthly/json/<FILE> |
| Old quarterly JSON | ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/genenames/hgnc/archive/quarterly/json/<FILE> |
| New quarterly JSON | storage.googleapis.com/public-download-files/hgnc/archive/archive/quarterly/json/<FILE> |