samtools/htslib

C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats

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comment by E_Evan · 2025-05-08 · in DNA is maybe 60-750MB of data
…it is block compressed with built in indexing method to permit seeking in compressed files. [1] https://github.com/samtools/htslib
comment by gww · 2022-10-18 · in pigz: A parallel implementation of gzip for multi-core machines
…we can already write something like: ``` for seq in bamfile: print(seq.pos) ``` or whatever. [0] https://github.com/samtools/htslib
comment by chromatin · 2020-01-21 · in Seq – A Language for Bioinformatics
…BAM, CRAM). I can't say the same for a lot of other software I have run into in this space. [1]: https://github.com/samtools/htslib [2]: https://gist.github.com/PoisonAlien/350677acc03b2fbf98aa
comment by pickdenis · 2019-05-17 · in Genomics – A programmer’s guide
Keep filing those bugs. The authors of at least some BAM/etc parsers are listening: e.g. https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20aut...
comment by jomar · 2017-08-10 · in Malicous code written into DNA infects the computer that reads it