SeqAn is an open source C++ library of efficient algorithms and data structures for the analysis of sequences with the focus on biological data. Our library applies a unique generic design that guarantees high performance, generality, extensibility, and integration with other libraries. SeqAn is easy to use and simplifies the development of new software tools with a minimal loss of performance.

The SeqAn library itself, the tests and demos are licensed under the very permissing 3-clause BSD License. The licenses for the applications themselves can be found in the LICENSE files.

Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD:

• GCC ≥ 5 [limited GCC-4.9 support on Linux]
• Clang/LLVM ≥ 3.6 [limited Clang-3.5 support on Linux]
• Intel Compiler ≥ 17.0.0 on Linux

Windows:

• Visual C++ ≥ 14.0 / Visual Studio ≥ 2015
• Intel Compiler ≥ 17.0.0 / Visual Studio ≥ 2015u2
• Clang/C2 ≥ 3.8.0 / Visual Studio ≥ 2015u3 [experimental, requires CMake ≥ 3.6]

Architecture support:

• Intel/AMD platforms, including optimisations for modern instruction sets (POPCNT, SSE4, AVX2, AVX512)
• All Debian release architectures supported, including most ARM and all PowerPC platforms.

To build tests, demos, and official SeqAn applications you also need:

• CMake ≥ 3.0 [CMake ≥ 3.4 recommended]

Some of the official applications might have additional requirements or work only on a subset of platforms.

• Getting Started
• Manual
• Tutorial
• How-Tos
• API Documentation (stable)

• Mailing List
• GitHub Project (issues, source code)