QIIME 2
Extensible platform for microbiome (amplicon and shotgun) data science.
| Category | Microbiome & metagenomics |
|---|---|
| GitHub | rachis-org/rachis |
| First public | 2019-07-24 (source) |
| Paper | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0209-9 |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Pricing | Open source |
| Tags | #amplicon#16s#platform |
| Last checked | 2026-10-16 |
Specs
| Input | Amplicon (marker gene) and shotgun data |
|---|---|
| Task | Microbiome analysis, visualization, statistics |
| Reference database | — |
| GitHub stars | 532 |
| Interface | — |
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