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ossu/bioinformatics

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

Archived
Updated
2024-04-08
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2016-06-21
History
1 history point
License
Unknown
Issues
2 open
Forks
1,150
Commits
69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
google/deepvariant

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

Updated
2026-09-30
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2017-12-01
History
1 history point
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
8 open
Forks
806
Commits
3,378 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
nextflow-io/nextflow

A workflow language for data-driven computational pipelines

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-22
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2013-03-22
History
1 history point
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
434 open
Forks
816
Commits
8,224 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
samtools/samtools

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

Stack
C
Updated
2026-10-20
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2008-12-22
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
201 open
Forks
621
Commits
2,937 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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.

Stack
Updated
2026-10-12
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-12-23
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
108 open
Forks
223
Commits
1,277 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
MultiQC/MultiQC

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

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2015-08-04
History
2 history points
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
301 open
Forks
693
Commits
7,141 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
common-workflow-language/common-workflow-language

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

Updated
2026-09-20
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-09-25
History
1 history point
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
241 open
Forks
189
Commits
1,981 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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.

Stack
R
Updated
2023-05-31
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-07-31
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
6 open
Forks
611
Commits
308 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2015-04-17
History
1 history point
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
816 open
Forks
382
Commits
5,820 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
arq5x/bedtools2

bedtools - the swiss army knife for genome arithmetic

Stack
C
Updated
2026-06-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-04-09
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
291 open
Forks
304
Commits
2,155 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
mikolmogorov/Flye

De novo assembler for single molecule sequencing reads using repeat graphs

Stack
C pip
Updated
2026-04-03
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2016-03-17
History
2 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
32 open
Forks
189
Commits
1,929 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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.

Updated
2026-10-15
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-08-13
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
270 open
Forks
304
Commits
2,469 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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

Stack
C
Updated
2026-10-21
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-04-29
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
342 open
Forks
284
Commits
3,338 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%