# bioconda/bioconda-recipes

Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.

Repository: https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bioconda-recipes
Homepage: https://bioconda.github.io
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bioinformatics, conda, package-management, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:27:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4008, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1862, forks 4069 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:45.450159+00:00)

## What it is
The recipe repository for the Bioconda conda channel, hosting build recipes for thousands of bioinformatics software packages. Packages are distributed for Linux and macOS on x86_64 and ARM64 architectures via the conda package manager.

## Use cases
- install bioinformatics tools with conda
- add a new bioinformatics package to bioconda
- reproducible scientific software environments
- find conda recipes for genomics software
- manage bioinformatics dependencies across linux and macos

## When to choose
- you need to install or distribute bioinformatics software via conda
- you want reproducible environments for biomedical research pipelines
- you want to contribute a recipe for a bioinformatics tool

## When to avoid
- you need packages for Windows
- you want general-purpose non-bioinformatics packages (use conda-forge)
- you prefer pip/npm-style package management outside the conda ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: package-manager, build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: bioinformatics, developer-tools
- platform: cli, python
- tags: conda, bioconda, recipes, scientific-software, package-distribution, package-management, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- bioconda/bioconda-recipes (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.450159+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:15:41.473830+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.450159+00:00, sha ac3ed67ffdf8)
  - homepage: https://bioconda.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T10:54:42.861200+00:00, sha 2392934c73db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.