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Find antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in contigs. Version 1.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29.
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Package summary
Find antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in contigs
Project links
Commands and aliases
- abricate
- abricate-get_db
history
Project history and usage
ABRicate is a Perl command-line tool for mass screening assembled contigs against antimicrobial-resistance and virulence-gene databases. It matters to package maintainers because it wraps BLAST+, database setup, and summary reporting into a familiar Unix bioinformatics command.
Project history
The first GitHub release, v0.1, was published as 'Debut' on April 2, 2015. The README describes the project as mass screening of contigs for antimicrobial resistance or virulence genes and explains that the name combines the common acronym ABR, for antibiotic resistance, with an English-verb-like form.
Adoption history
ABRicate became useful in workflow packaging because the README documents Bioconda installation, source installation, dependency checks, database setup, and operation through a single abricate command. The current Homebrew input metadata shows it packaged for Homebrew, while upstream also advertises Bioconda download badges.
How it is used
The tool screens assemblies, not raw FASTQ reads, and reports gene hits with coverage, identity, database, accession, product, and resistance fields. It can process many files, read a file-of-filenames, summarize reports into a presence/absence matrix, update bundled databases, and build custom nucleotide databases.
Why package nerds care
ABRicate is a classic bioinformatics packaging target: a Perl entry point with external command dependencies, bundled or downloadable reference databases, and a check/setup workflow that packagers and workflow engines can exercise after install. Its release history also tracks database refreshes and CI migration.
Timeline
- 2015: v0.1 Debut release.
- 2020: v1.0.0 added file-of-filenames scanning, defaults around coverage/identity thresholds, MEGARES docs, and NCBI/CARD database support.
- 2025: v1.2.0 refreshed databases, moved CI to GitHub Actions, switched download code to Perl File::Fetch, and improved docs.
- 2026: v1.4.0 added a UPEC/ExPEC virulence-factors database and updated NCBI AMR data.
Related projects
- The README points users to ARIBA, ResFinder, RGI, SRST2, and AMRFinderPlus when ABRicate is not the right fit. It also bundles or references databases including NCBI AMRFinderPlus, CARD, ResFinder, ARG-ANNOT, MEGARES, PlasmidFinder, VFDB, VICTORS, BacMet, and UPEC/ExPEC VF.
Sources
- https://github.com/tseemann/abricate#readme
- https://github.com/tseemann/abricate/releases
- input source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
abricate | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
abricate-get_db | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.4.0
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:abricate |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/tseemann/abricate |
| Repository | https://github.com/tseemann/abricate |
| Last updated | 2026-07-29T17:23:23+01:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
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- pkg.so package database
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