# Install sickle with Homebrew, apt

Windowed adaptive trimming for FASTQ files using quality. Version 1.33 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install sickle.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sickle
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sickle
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sickle
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sickle
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.33
- **Source summary:** Windowed adaptive trimming for FASTQ files using quality
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/najoshi/sickle>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/najoshi/sickle>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:13:49+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sickle (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.33

## 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 - sickle - 1.33+git20150314.f3d6ae3-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: sickle from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | windowed adaptive trimming tool for FASTQ files using quality | https://github.com/najoshi/sickle
- Ubuntu apt - sickle - 1.33+git20150314.f3d6ae3-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sickle from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | windowed adaptive trimming tool for FASTQ files using quality | https://github.com/najoshi/sickle


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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