Relay decodes the vast majority of scientific image formats directly in the browser using WebAssembly — no BioFormats server, no conversion step, and no round-trip to a backend. This covers 95%+ of scientific image file types including TIFF, OME-TIFF, CZI, ND2, LIF, DICOM, FITS, and more.Most web-based scientific viewers require a server-side rendering pipeline (typically BioFormats or similar) to convert proprietary formats before they can be displayed. Relay skips this entirely — files open instantly in the browser.
