Meryl

Meryl is a k-mer counting and processing tool.

Publications

Rhie A, Walenz BP, Koren S, Phillippy AM. Merqury: reference-free quality, completeness, and phasing assessment for genome assemblies. Genome Biology 21, 245 (2020).

Install

The easiest way to get started is to download a release. If you encounter any issues, please report them using the github issues page.

Alternatively, you can also build the latest unreleased from github:

git clone https://github.com/marbl/meryl.git
cd meryl/src
make -j <number of threads>

Learn

• Quick Start - no experience or data required, download and analyze Escherichia coli repeats today!

• Tutorial and Examples - a more in-depth look at the meryl command

• Parameter Reference - alphabetical list of meryl actions

• History - the history of meryl

• FAQ - Frequently asked questions