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arq5x/bedtools

A powerful toolset for genome arithmetic.

Stack
C++
Updated
2021-05-28
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-04-09
History
1 history point
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
74 open
Forks
83
Commits
921 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
brentp/cruzdb

python access to UCSC genomes database

Stack
Updated
2020-08-27
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2011-09-02
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
13 open
Forks
41
Commits
177 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
ncbi/SKESA

SKESA assembler

Stack
C++
Updated
2024-10-11
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2018-07-11
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
22 open
Forks
22
Commits
38 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
biocaml/biocaml

OCaml Bioinformatics Library

Stack
Updated
2026-10-01
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2008-08-29
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
36 open
Forks
22
Commits
1,710 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
fhcrc/seqmagick

An imagemagick-like frontend to Biopython SeqIO

Stack
Updated
2024-03-18
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2010-12-07
History
1 history point
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
16 open
Forks
22
Commits
515 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
fmalmeida/bacannot

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

Updated
2026-01-22
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-10-23
History
1 history point
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
10 open
Forks
13
Commits
812 commits
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0 0.0%
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mkanai/fujiplot

:mount_fuji: Fuji plot—a circos representation of multiple GWAS results— :mount_fuji:

Stack
R
Updated
2025-05-29
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2018-02-10
History
1 history point
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
0 open
Forks
19
Commits
25 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
samtools/tabix

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

Archived
Stack
C pip
Updated
2021-08-03
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-11-01
History
1 history point
License
Unknown
Issues
7 open
Forks
37
Commits
86 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
vigsterkr/circos

Circos is a software package for visualizing data and information. It visualizes data in a circular layout — this makes Circos ideal for exploring relationships between objects or positions.

Stack
Updated
2018-10-29
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2010-10-13
History
1 history point
License
Unknown
Issues
4 open
Forks
31
Commits
5 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
arq5x/grabix

a wee tool for random access into BGZF files.

Stack
C
Updated
2018-05-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-05-22
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
17 open
Forks
12
Commits
60 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
zd1/telseq

A software for calculating telomere length

Stack
C++
Updated
2018-10-24
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2013-05-27
History
1 history point
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
15 open
Forks
30
Commits
81 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
ljdursi/poapy

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

Stack
Updated
2024-06-20
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2015-04-28
History
1 history point
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
0 open
Forks
12
Commits
48 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
drio/dnaism

Horizon chart js library for DNA data.

Stack
Updated
2016-04-30
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2013-12-31
History
1 history point
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
0 open
Forks
7
Commits
102 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
arq5x/cyvcf

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

Stack
Updated
2018-03-27
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-04-12
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
12 open
Forks
14
Commits
84 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
brentp/gsort

sort genomic data

Stack
Updated
2026-10-21
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2016-04-15
History
1 history point
License
MIT
Issues
3 open
Forks
2
Commits
33 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
lairdm/islandplot

SVG based genome viewer written in javascript using D3

Stack
Updated
2015-07-12
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2013-11-06
History
1 history point
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
1 open
Forks
26
Commits
104 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
broadinstitute/wdl

Workflow Description Language - Specification and Implementations

Archived
Stack
Updated
2019-03-19
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-08-01
History
1 history point
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
Disabled
Forks
5
Commits
384 commits
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0 0.0%
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