Khmer
In-memory nucleotide sequence k-mer counting, filtering, graph traversal and more
Install / Use
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khmer
Welcome to khmer: k-mer counting, filtering, and graph traversal FTW!
The official source code repository is at https://github.com/dib-lab/khmer and project documentation is available online at http://khmer.readthedocs.io. See http://khmer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/introduction.html for an overview of the khmer project.
Getting help
See http://khmer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/getting-help.html for more details, but in brief:
- first point of contact when looking for help: https://github.com/dib-lab/khmer/issues
- mailing list for discussion: http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/khmer
- mailing list for announcements: http://lists.idyll.org/listinfo/khmer-announce
- email contact for project maintainers: khmer-project@idyll.org
Important note: cite us!
khmer is research software, so you should cite us when you use it in scientific publications!
Please see the CITATION <http://khmer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/citations.html>__ file for citation information.
The khmer library is a project of the Lab for Data Intensive Biology <http://ivory.idyll.org/lab/>__ at UC Davis, and includes contributions from its members, collaborators, and friends.
Quick install
::
pip install khmer
pytest --pyargs khmer -m 'not known_failing and not jenkins and not huge and not linux'
See https://khmer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/install.html for more detailed installation instructions.
Contributing
We welcome contributions to khmer from the community! If you're interested in modifying khmer or contributing to its ongoing development see https://khmer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/dev/getting-started.html.
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