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openvax/pyensembl

Python interface to access reference genome features (such as genes, transcripts, and exons) from Ensembl

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-21
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-04-14
History
1 history point
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
4 open
Forks
74
Commits
803 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
arq5x/lumpy-sv

lumpy: a general probabilistic framework for structural variant discovery

Stack
Updated
2026-02-22
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-10-08
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
197 open
Forks
116
Commits
575 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
daler/pybedtools

Python wrapper -- and more -- for BEDTools (bioinformatics tools for "genome arithmetic")

Updated
2026-08-26
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2010-05-14
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
17 open
Forks
108
Commits
1,899 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
pcingola/SnpEff

Genomic variant annotation and functional effect prediction

AI dev
Stack
Updated
2026-03-09
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-01-31
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
21 open
Forks
86
Commits
2,752 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
broadgsa/gatk

Official code repository for GATK versions 1.0 through 3.7 (core engine). For GATK 4 code, see the https://github.com/broadinstitute/gatk repository

Stack
Updated
2018-08-22
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-02-26
History
1 history point
License
Unknown
Issues
Disabled
Forks
219
Commits
14,533 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
PapenfussLab/gridss

GRIDSS: the Genomic Rearrangement IDentification Software Suite

Stack
Updated
2025-05-21
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2013-08-27
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
95 open
Forks
73
Commits
2,281 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
ssadedin/bpipe

Bpipe - a tool for running and managing bioinformatics pipelines

AI dev
Stack
Updated
2026-09-19
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2011-10-06
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
158 open
Forks
61
Commits
2,687 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
ewels/sra-explorer

Web application to explore the Sequence Read Archive.

Stack
Updated
2025-07-17
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-09-19
History
1 history point
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
10 open
Forks
27
Commits
85 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
biodatageeks/polars-bio

Blazing-Fast Bioinformatic Operations on Python DataFrames

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-21
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2024-11-26
History
1 history point
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
52 open
Forks
35
Commits
302 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
agordon/fastx_toolkit

FASTA/FASTQ pre-processing programs

Stack
C
Updated
2022-03-04
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-01-15
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
12 open
Forks
64
Commits
178 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
divonlan/genozip

A modern compressor for genomic files (FASTQ, SAM/BAM/CRAM, VCF, FASTA, GFF/GTF/GVF, 23andMe...), up to 5x better than gzip and faster too

Stack
C
Updated
2026-10-19
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-12-15
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
0 open
Forks
14
Commits
3,326 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
dnanexus-rnd/GLnexus

Scalable gVCF merging and joint variant calling for population sequencing projects

Stack
Updated
2024-04-12
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2015-04-08
History
1 history point
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
103 open
Forks
53
Commits
642 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%