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Samtools and BCFtools both use HTSlib internally, but these source packages contain their own copies of htslib so they can be built independently.
Samtools and BCFtools both use HTSlib internally, but these source packages contain their own copies of htslib so they can be built independently.


Note: This page does not cover all features of SAMtools. Please refer to [http://www.htslib.org/doc/samtools.html] for the complete list of all subtools.
Note: This page does not cover all features of SAMtools. Please refer to [http://www.htslib.org/doc/samtools.html/ Samtools] for the complete list of all subtools.

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Description

Samtools is a suite of programs for interacting with high-throughput sequencing data. It consists of three separate repositories:

  • Samtools: Reading/writing/editing/indexing/viewing SAM/BAM/CRAM format
  • BCFtools: Reading/writing BCF2/VCF/gVCF files and calling/filtering/summarising SNP and short indel sequence variants
  • HTSlib: A C library for reading/writing high-throughput sequencing data

Samtools and BCFtools both use HTSlib internally, but these source packages contain their own copies of htslib so they can be built independently.

Note: This page does not cover all features of SAMtools. Please refer to Samtools for the complete list of all subtools.