# Install prodigal with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Microbial gene prediction. Version 2.6.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-11. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install prodigal.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:prodigal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install prodigal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install prodigal
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#prodigal
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/prodigal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:prodigal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.6.3
- **Source summary:** Microbial gene prediction
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/hyattpd/Prodigal>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hyattpd/Prodigal>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-11T16:46:52+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- prodigal (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.6.3

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - prodigal - 1:2.6.3-6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: prodigal from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Microbial (bacterial and archaeal) gene finding program | http://prodigal.ornl.gov/
- Nix - prodigal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/prodigal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - prodigal - 1:2.6.3-6: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: prodigal from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Microbial (bacterial and archaeal) gene finding program | http://prodigal.ornl.gov/


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph