seqtk

Seqtk is a fast and lightweight tool for processing sequences in the FASTA or FASTQ format.

• Version: 1.4
• Added: February, 2018
• Updated: May, 2025
• Link: https://github.com/lh3/seqtk

See which versions are available:

$ module avail seqtk

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load seqtk/1.4
$ seqtk

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/lh3/seqtk/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.tar.gz
$ tar xf v1.4.tar.gz 
$ cd seqtk-1.4
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/seqtk/1.4/bin
$ sudo cp seqtk /export/apps/seqtk/1.4/bin