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Awesome Bioinformatics

A curated list of awesome Bioinformatics libraries and software.

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google/deepvariant

DeepVariant is an analysis pipeline that uses a deep neural network to call genetic variants from next-generation DNA sequencing data.

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2026-09-30
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1 list mention
First commit
2017-12-01
License
BSD-3-Clause
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8 open
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806
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common-workflow-language/common-workflow-language

Repository for the CWL standards. Use https://cwl.discourse.group/ for support 😊

Updated
2026-09-20
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1 list mention
First commit
2014-09-25
License
Apache-2.0
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241 open
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189
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1,981 commits
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broadinstitute/cromwell

Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environments

Updated
2026-10-14
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-04-17
License
BSD-3-Clause
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816 open
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382
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5,820 commits
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mikolmogorov/Flye

De novo assembler for single molecule sequencing reads using repeat graphs

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C pip
Updated
2026-04-03
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1 list mention
First commit
2016-03-17
License
NOASSERTION
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32 open
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189
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1,929 commits
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pysam-developers/pysam

Pysam is a Python package for reading, manipulating, and writing genomics data such as SAM/BAM/CRAM and VCF/BCF files. It's a lightweight wrapper of the HTSlib API, the same one that powers samtools, bcftools, and tabix.

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2026-10-15
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1 list mention
First commit
2009-08-13
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MIT
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270 open
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304
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GMOD/jbrowse

JBrowse 1, a full-featured genome browser built with JavaScript and HTML5. For JBrowse 2, see https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse-components.

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2026-07-16
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1 list mention
First commit
2007-06-18
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NOASSERTION
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158 open
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199
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8,175 commits
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pcingola/SnpEff

Genomic variant annotation and functional effect prediction

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2026-03-09
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First commit
2014-01-31
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NOASSERTION
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21 open
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86
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2,752 commits
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brentp/cruzdb

python access to UCSC genomes database

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2020-08-27
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2011-09-02
License
MIT
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13 open
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41
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177 commits
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fmalmeida/bacannot

Generic but comprehensive pipeline for prokaryotic genome annotation and interrogation with interactive reports and shiny app.

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2026-01-22
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First commit
2019-10-23
License
GPL-3.0
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10 open
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13
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812 commits
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samtools/tabix

Note: tabix and bgzip binaries are now part of the HTSlib project.

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C pip
Updated
2021-08-03
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1 list mention
First commit
2009-11-01
License
Unknown
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7 open
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37
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86 commits
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ljdursi/poapy

A simple Partial Order Aligner based on Lee, Grasso and Sharlow (2002), for education/demonstration purposes

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2024-06-20
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-04-28
License
GPL-3.0
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0 open
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12
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48 commits
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arq5x/cyvcf

A fast Python library for VCF files leveraging Cython for speed.

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2018-03-27
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First commit
2012-04-12
License
MIT
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12 open
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14
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