Seqtk is a fast and lightweight tool for processing sequences in the fasta or fastq format. It seamlessly parses both fasta and fastq files which can also be optionally compressed by gzip. Jun 1, 2025seqtk-1.5 (r133) latest notable changes:
Mar 7, 2025seqtk is a fast and lightweight tool for processing sequences in the fasta or fastq format. It seamlessly parses both fasta and fastq files which can also be optionally compressed. Jun 26, 2024seqtk hpc input.fq ignores the quality and converts to .fa #205aafshinfard opened on jan 15, 2024
Seqtk is not published in a peer-reviewed journal. Downsample fastq files in an automated way. Contribute to clinical-genomics/downsampling development by creating an account on github.
Feb 4, 2023this is a quick mini-tutorial on using seqtk to extract a set of sequences from a gzipped fasta file; It should also work with uncompressed files and fastq files (compressed or not).