# SeqAn3 -- the modern C++ library for sequence analysis

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SeqAn3 is the new version of the popular SeqAn template library for the analysis of biological sequences.
It enables the rapid development of high-performance solutions by providing generic algorithms and data structures
for:

  * sequence representation and transformation
  * full-text indexing and efficient search
  * sequence alignment
  * input/output of common file formats

By leveraging *Modern C++* it provides unprecedented ease-of-use without sacrificing performance.

Please see the [online documentation](https://docs.seqan.de/seqan/3-master-user/) for more details.

## Quick facts

  * C++ header-only library: easy to integrate with your app & easy to distribute
  * liberal open source license: allows integration with any app or library, requires only attribution
  * very high code quality standards: >97% unit test coverage, performance regression tests, ...
  * extensive API documentation & tutorials: more lines of documentation than lines of code
  * aims to support any 64-bit architecture running Linux/POSIX; currently big-endian CPU architectures
    like s390x are less supported

## Dependencies

|                   | requirement                                          | version  | comment                                     |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------|
|**compiler**       | [GCC](https://gcc.gnu.org)                           | ≥ 10     | no other compiler is currently supported!   |
|**build system**   | [CMake](https://cmake.org)                           | ≥ 3.4    | optional, but recommended                   |
|**required libs**  | [SDSL](https://github.com/xxsds/sdsl-lite)           | ≥ 3.0.1  |                                             |
|**optional libs**  | [cereal](https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal)          | ≥ 1.3.1  | required for serialisation and CTD support  |
|                   | [zlib](https://github.com/madler/zlib)               | ≥ 1.2    | required for `*.gz` and `.bam` file support |
|                   | [bzip2](https://www.sourceware.org/bzip2)            | ≥ 1.0    | required for `*.bz2` file support           |

## Usage

We recommend that you use CMake to build your project:

  * [Setup-Tutorial](https://docs.seqan.de/seqan/3-master-user/setup.html)
  * Using CMake guarantees that all optional dependencies are automatically detected and activated.

Quick-Setup without CMake:

  * Clone the repository with submodules: `git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/seqan/seqan3.git`
  * Add the following to your compiler invocation:
    * the include directories of SeqAn and its dependencies
    * C++20 mode
    * Macros indicating the presence of zlib and bzip2 (set only if actually available in your paths!)
  * The command could look like this:
```sh
g++-11 -O3 -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wextra                               \
    -std=c++20                                                  \
    -I       /path/to/seqan3/include                            \
    -isystem /path/to/seqan3/submodules/sdsl-lite/include       \
    -isystem /path/to/seqan3/submodules/cereal/include          \
    -DSEQAN3_HAS_ZLIB=1 -DSEQAN3_HAS_BZIP2=1                    \
    -lz -lbz2 -pthread                                          \
  your_file.cpp
```

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