C++ Genomics

Open-source C++ projects categorized as Genomics

Top 12 C++ Genomic Projects

  1. vg

    tools for working with genome variation graphs (by vgteam)

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  3. bwa-mem2

    The next version of bwa-mem

  4. bowtie2

    A fast and sensitive gapped read aligner

  5. megahit

    Ultra-fast and memory-efficient (meta-)genome assembler

  6. Vcflib

    C++ library and cmdline tools for parsing and manipulating VCF files with python and zig bindings

  7. hap.py

    Haplotype VCF comparison tools

  8. amr

    AMRFinderPlus - Identify AMR genes and point mutations, and virulence and stress resistance genes in assembled bacterial nucleotide and protein sequence.

  9. octopus

    Bayesian haplotype-based mutation calling (by luntergroup)

  10. bowtie

    An ultrafast memory-efficient short read aligner

  11. GenomicSQLite

    Genomics Extension for SQLite

  12. TileDB-VCF

    Efficient variant-call data storage and retrieval library using the TileDB storage library.

  13. cryfa

    A secure encryption tool for genomic data

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Genomic projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 vg 1,322
2 bwa-mem2 837
3 bowtie2 793
4 megahit 719
5 Vcflib 679
6 hap.py 469
7 amr 370
8 octopus 323
9 bowtie 267
10 GenomicSQLite 170
11 TileDB-VCF 108
12 cryfa 63

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