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Awesome Bioinformatics

A curated list of awesome Bioinformatics libraries and software.

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ossu/bioinformatics

:microscope: Path to a free self-taught education in Bioinformatics!

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Updated
2024-04-08
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1 list mention
First commit
2016-06-21
License
Unknown
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2 open
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1,150
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69 commits
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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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3,378 commits
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samtools/samtools

Tools (written in C using htslib) for manipulating next-generation sequencing data

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C
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2026-10-20
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1 list mention
First commit
2008-12-22
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NOASSERTION
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201 open
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621
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2,937 commits
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rust-bio/rust-bio

This library provides implementations of many algorithms and data structures that are useful for bioinformatics. All provided implementations are rigorously tested via continuous integration.

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2026-10-12
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1 list mention
First commit
2014-12-23
License
MIT
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108 open
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223
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1,277 commits
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MultiQC/MultiQC

Aggregate results from bioinformatics analyses across many samples into a single report.

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2026-10-06
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-08-04
License
GPL-3.0
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301 open
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693
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7,141 commits
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common-workflow-language/common-workflow-language

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

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2026-09-20
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1 list mention
First commit
2014-09-25
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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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griffithlab/rnaseq_tutorial

Informatics for RNA-seq: A web resource for analysis on the cloud. Educational tutorials and working pipelines for RNA-seq analysis including an introduction to: cloud computing, critical file formats, reference genomes, gene annotation, expression, differential expression, alternative splicing, data visualization, and interpretation.

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R
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2023-05-31
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1 list mention
First commit
2014-07-31
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NOASSERTION
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6 open
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611
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308 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

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2026-10-14
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-04-17
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BSD-3-Clause
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816 open
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382
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arq5x/bedtools2

bedtools - the swiss army knife for genome arithmetic

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C
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2026-06-10
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First commit
2009-04-09
License
MIT
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291 open
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304
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2,155 commits
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mikolmogorov/Flye

De novo assembler for single molecule sequencing reads using repeat graphs

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C pip
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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
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2009-08-13
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MIT
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270 open
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304
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samtools/bcftools

This is the official development repository for BCFtools. See installation instructions and other documentation here http://samtools.github.io/bcftools/howtos/install.html

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C
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2026-10-21
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1 list mention
First commit
2012-04-29
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NOASSERTION
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342 open
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284
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3,338 commits
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igvteam/igv

Integrative Genomics Viewer. Fast, efficient, scalable visualization tool for genomics data and annotations

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2026-10-21
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1 list mention
First commit
2010-11-29
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MIT
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149 open
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412
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marbl/canu

A single molecule sequence assembler for genomes large and small.

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C++
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2026-09-10
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First commit
2003-01-02
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Unknown
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5 open
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181
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biojava/biojava

:book::microscope::coffee: BioJava is an open-source project dedicated to providing a Java library for processing biological data.

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2026-09-29
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1 list mention
First commit
2009-09-15
License
LGPL-2.1
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70 open
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400
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7,058 commits
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s-andrews/FastQC

A quality control analysis tool for high throughput sequencing data

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2026-10-07
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1 list mention
First commit
2017-12-21
License
GPL-3.0
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24 open
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124
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211 commits
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mummer4/mummer

Mummer alignment tool

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C++
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2025-02-04
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1 list mention
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2012-11-08
License
Artistic-2.0
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167 open
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119
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340 commits
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vcftools/vcftools

A set of tools written in Perl and C++ for working with VCF files, such as those generated by the 1000 Genomes Project.

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C++
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2025-05-15
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1 list mention
First commit
2015-06-25
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LGPL-3.0
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122 open
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153
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137 commits
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