Stop! Please note that LOVD2 is no longer supported. The last security release is from October 2020. Upgrade to LOVD3 to continue receiving updates.

Download LOVD local install CD

This LOVD local install CD will install LOVD and all necessary software on your computer in just a few minutes with virtually no effort. This means that for this CD to work, you do NOT need / should NOT have Apache, PHP or MySQL installed! This CD requires roughly 145MB free space on your hard drive (older versions require more space).
The LOVD local install CD for Windows will run on Windows 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista and makes use of the XAMPP software package.
See also the FAQ list for the LOVD local install CD.

Use your favorite CD burning software to burn the downloaded ISO file to a CD-rom. Then use the created CD to install the LOVD / XAMPP package.

Please NOTE that this CD is not recommended for production environments!

Warning Please note that by downloading LOVD you accept the GPL license and declare that all LOVD tools you may develop in the future will follow the standards for LSDBs as established by the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS) and that they will be made available to the LOVD user community.

For updates, please see the changelog for this release.

Newest ISO file release:
LocalWin32_2.0-21.iso 2.0 Build 21 148.1 MB Windows 32bit MD5:39007c488fc9d086ccf1ac501aff45d1 2009-09-21


Last modified 2021/07/06 13:32:44 CEST

When using or discussing LOVD please refer to:
Fokkema IF, Taschner PE, Schaafsma GC, Celli J, Laros JF, den Dunnen JT (2011). LOVD v.2.0: the next generation in gene variant databases. Hum Mutat. 2011 May;32(5):557-63.

LOVD has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement nº 200754 - the GEN2PHEN project.
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Ing. Ivo F.A.C. Fokkema, Dr. Johan T. den Dunnen