# Install rasusa with Homebrew

Randomly subsample sequencing reads or alignments. Version 5.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rasusa
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rasusa
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rasusa
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rasusa>
- **Version:** 5.1.0
- **Source summary:** Randomly subsample sequencing reads or alignments
- **Homepage:** <https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03941>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mbhall88/rasusa>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03941>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/mbhall88/rasusa/archive/refs/tags/5.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-31T07:13:38Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- rasusa (cli)
- rasusa (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## 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: 5.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-31
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/mbhall88/rasusa
- Upstream latest detected: 5.1.0 (current)

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

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


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rasusa.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/rasusa.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
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