# Install seqtk with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Toolkit for processing sequences in FASTA/Q formats. Version 1.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install seqtk.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:seqtk
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install seqtk
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install seqtk
```

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

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#seqtk
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:seqtk
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.5
- **Source summary:** Toolkit for processing sequences in FASTA/Q formats
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lh3/seqtk>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lh3/seqtk>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:13:49+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- seqtk (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.5

## 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 - seqtk - 1.4-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: seqtk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Fast and lightweight tool for processing sequences in the FASTA or FASTQ format | https://github.com/lh3/seqtk
- Nix - seqtk: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/se/seqtk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - seqtk - 1.4-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: seqtk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Fast and lightweight tool for processing sequences in the FASTA or FASTQ format | https://github.com/lh3/seqtk


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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