The following list provides information and external links to various programs and databases for inverted repeats:
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131113054733/http://nonb.abcc.ncifcrf.gov/apps/site/default non-B DB] A Database for Integrated Annotations and Analysis of non-B DNA Forming Motifs.  This database is provided by The Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) at then Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR). It covers the A-DNA and Z-DNA conformations otherwise known as "non-B DNAs" because they are not the more common B-DNA form of a right-handed Watson-Crick double-helix.  These "non-B DNAs" include left-handed Z-DNA, cruciform, triplex, tetraplex and hairpin structures. Searches can be performed on a variety of "repeat types" (including inverted repeats) and on several species.
*[http://tandem.bu.edu/cgi-bin/irdb/irdb.exe Inverted Repeats Database] Boston University. This database is a web application that allows query and analysis of repeats held in the PUBLIC DATABASE project. Scientists can also analyze their own sequences with the Inverted Repeats Finder algorithm.
*[http://pmite.hzau.edu.cn/django/mite/ P-MITE: a Plant MITE database] &mdash;  this database for Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) contains sequences from plant genomes. Sequences may be searched or downloaded from the database. 
*EMBOSS is the "European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite" which runs on UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. Documentation and program source files are available on the [http://emboss.sourceforge.net/news/ EMBOSS website].  Applications specifically related to inverted repeats are listed below:
**[http://emboss.sourceforge.net/apps/cvs/emboss/apps/einverted.html EMBOSS einverted]: Finds inverted repeats in nucleotide sequences. Threshold values can be set to limit the scope of the search. 
**[http://emboss.sourceforge.net/apps/cvs/emboss/apps/palindrome.html EMBOSS palindrome]: Finds palindromes such as stem loop regions in nucleotide sequences. The program will find sequences that include sections of mismatches and gaps that may correspond to bulges in a stem loop.