Command-line tool

bowtie2

brew/bowtie2

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Fast and sensitive gapped read aligner

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install bowtie2

Linux

brew install bowtie2

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