sylph
Ultrafast species-level metagenome profiler using abundance-corrected k-mer sketching (ANI-based containment).
| Category | Microbiome & metagenomics |
|---|---|
| GitHub | bluenote-1577/sylph |
| First public | 2023-11-20 (source) |
| Paper | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02412-y · Nature Biotechnology (2025) |
| License | MIT |
| Pricing | Open source |
| Tags | #profiling#k-mer#taxonomy |
| Last checked | 2026-10-16 |
Specs
| Input | Metagenomic short or long reads |
|---|---|
| Task | Species-level profiling + containment ANI |
| Reference database | — |
| GitHub stars | 329 |
| Interface | — |
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