# Install filtlong with Homebrew, apt

Quality filtering of long noisy DNA sequencing reads. Version 0.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-08. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install filtlong.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:filtlong
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install filtlong
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install filtlong
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: filtlong from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:filtlong
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/filtlong>
- **Version:** 0.3.1
- **Source summary:** Quality filtering of long noisy DNA sequencing reads
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong>
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-08T09:41:41Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- filtlong (cli)
- filtlong (alias)

## Uses from macOS

- zlib

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 0.3.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-08
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong
- Upstream latest detected: v0.3.1 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for filtlong. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** filtlong
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - filtlong - 0.2.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: filtlong from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | quality filtering tool for long reads of genome sequences | https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong
- Debian apt - filtlong-data - 0.2.1-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: filtlong-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | quality filtering tool for long reads of genome sequences (testdata) | https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong
- Ubuntu apt - filtlong - 0.2.1-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: filtlong from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | quality filtering tool for long reads of genome sequences | https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong
- Ubuntu apt - filtlong-data - 0.2.1-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: filtlong-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | quality filtering tool for long reads of genome sequences (testdata) | https://github.com/rrwick/Filtlong


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [nanoq](https://pkg.so/brew/nanoq/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: filtering, quality, reads, sequencing.
- [badread](https://pkg.so/brew/badread/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: long, reads, sequencing.
- [bismark](https://pkg.so/brew/bismark/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: dna, filtering, sequencing.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph