How to get support
A new Mascot Server licence comes with 1 year of warranty and support. The support contract can be renewed in subsequent years.
Please contact us if you need support with Mascot. Customers with an active Premium Support contract are eligible for priority access and remote problem diagnosis.
How to get software updates
Customers who are under warranty, or who have purchased support, receive new versions automatically. Otherwise, updating to the latest version is a paid update. If you have allowed your support contract to lapse, please contact us for information on how to get back on track.
Service packs and minor patches are free, and can be downloaded from the support pages listed in the menu on the right.
Version information
The latest versions of Mascot Server are listed below. To find your version number, look at the top left corner of the main status page (follow the Database Status link from the Mascot home page).
Current Platforms:
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 and later 3.0
- Linux (Intel / AMD) 3.0
Legacy Platforms:
- Tru64 (HP Alpha) 2.1.03
- Mascot version 2.1 is the final version to include support for Tru64
- Irix (SGI MIPS) 2.1.03
- Mascot version 2.1 is the final version to include support for Irix
- AIX (IBM Power 4, 5) 2.2.04
- Mascot version 2.2 is the final version to include support for AIX
- Solaris (Sparc) 2.2.04
- Mascot version 2.2 is the final version to include support for Solaris
- Microsoft Windows NT4 2.2.07
- Mascot version 2.2 is the final version to include support for Windows NT4
- Microsoft Windows 2000 2.3.02
- Mascot version 2.3 is the final version to include support for Windows 2000
- 32-bit Linux 2.4.02
- Mascot version 2.4 is the final version to include support for 32-bit Linux
- Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and 32-bit Windows, 2.5.01
- Mascot version 2.5 is the final version to include support for Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, and 32-bit editions of later versions of Windows
- Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 8, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012, 2.8
- Mascot version 2.8 is the final version to include support for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 8, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012
Release history
Mascot Server 3.0 – September 2024
- What’s new in Mascot Server 3.0
- Release notes, 3.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Release notes, 3.0 (Linux, PDF)
Related content:
- Blog: Best MS2PIP model for Thermo Orbitrap
- Blog: Tutorial: Selecting the best MS2PIP model
- Blog: Tutorial: Selecting the best DeepLC model
- Blog: Predicted RT and fragment intensity in Mascot Server 3.0
- Blog: How does rescoring with machine learning work?
- Blog: Matrix Science at ASMS 2024
- Youtube: Mascot Server 3.0
- Youtube: Mascot Server 3.0 and MS2PIP
Mascot Server 2.8.0 – July 2021
- New features in Mascot Server 2.8
- Release notes, 2.8.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.8.3 – August 2023
Related content:
- Blog: Analyzing the disulfide bond structure of the SARS-Cov-2 Spike protein
- Blog: Downloading UniProt proteomes via new API
- Blog: mzIdentML 1.2
- Blog: NCBI nr in Mascot Server 2.8.1
- Blog: Identify more HLA peptides
- Blog: Addressing disk bottlenecks
- Blog: Error tolerant searches now show statistical significance
- ASMS 2022 user meeting: NCBIprot, mzIdentML 1.2 and other improvements in Mascot Server 2.8.1
- Youtube: New features in Mascot Server 2.8
- Youtube: Improvements in Error Tolerant Searches (Mascot Server 2.8)
Mascot Server 2.7.0 – January 2020
- New features in Mascot Server 2.7
- Release notes, 2.7.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.7.0 – January 2020
Related content:
- Blog: Improving precursor quantitation results with ion mobility filtering
- Blog: Validating intact crosslinked peptide matches
- Blog: Variable Modifications in Mascot 2.7
- Blog: Using the Quantitation Summary to create reports and charts
- Blog: Tabulate expression data from multiple analyses with Mascot Daemon
- Blog: Disulfide bond characterisation
- Blog: The Third Column: MS/MS fragment ion decharging in Mascot Server 2.7
- Blog: Protein FDR in Mascot Server 2.7
- Youtube: New features in Mascot Server 2.7
- Youtube: Quantitation Summary: exporting protein expression data for complex experiments
- Youtube: Identifying intact crosslinks with Mascot Server
- Youtube: Modifications in Mascot Server 2.7
Mascot Server 2.6.0 – December 2016
- New features in Mascot Server 2.6
- Release notes, 2.6.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.6.2 – April 2018
Related content:
- Blog: Don’t wait: use spectral libraries now
- Blog: Keeping genome databases up to date
- Blog: How to create a spectral library for contaminants
- Blog: Exporting spectral library search results
- Blog: Protein inference for spectral library searches
- ASMS 2017 user meeting: New features in Mascot Server 2.6
- ASMS 2017 user meeting: Integration of spectral library searching into Mascot Server
Mascot Server 2.5.0 – July 2014
- New features in Mascot Server 2.5
- Release notes, 2.5.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.5.1 – November 2014
Related content:
- Blog: How many of you are there in there? Processing and searching chimeric MS/MS spectra with Mascot Distiller and Mascot Server
- Blog: PSI file formats, part 4: mzTab
- Blog: PSI file formats, part 1: mzIdentML
- ASMS 2014 user meeting: New features in Mascot Server 2.5
Mascot Server 2.4.0 – April 2012
- New features in Mascot Server 2.4
- Release notes, 2.4.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.4.2 – November 2013
Related content:
- Blog: Site analysis
- ASMS 2011 user meeting: New Features in Mascot Server 2.4
- ASMS 2012 user meeting: No More Configuration Headaches: Database Manager in Mascot 2.4
- ASMS 2012 user meeting: From Search Results to Publication in Nine Mouse Clicks (sequence shortened)
Mascot Server 2.3.0 – March 2010
- New features in Mascot Server 2.3
- Release notes, 2.3.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.3.02 – October 2010
Related content:
- ASMS 2010 user meeting: See the Big Picture with the New Protein Family Result Report
- ASMS 2010 user meeting: Mind your P’s and Q’s: Maximising Sensitivity with Percolator
- ASMS 2009 user meeting: Preview of what’s new in Mascot Server 2.3
Mascot Server 2.2.0 – March 2007
- New features in Mascot Server 2.2
- Release notes, 2.2.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.2.07
Related content:
- ASMS 2008 user meeting: In-depth look at target-decoy validation
- ASMS 2007 user meeting: Comprehensive support for quantitation
- ASMS 2007 user meeting: Getting to grips with Mascot 2.2
- ASMS 2006 user meeting: Sneak preview of new features in Mascot 2.2
Mascot Server 2.1.0 – May 2005
- New features in Mascot Server 2.1
- Release notes, 2.1.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.1.04
Related content:
Mascot Server 2.0.0 – January 2004
- New features in Mascot Server 2.0
- Release notes, 2.0.0 (Windows, PDF)
- Latest patch: 2.0.05
Related content:
Mascot Server 1.9 and earlier
Older release announcements are available in our News page.
