VSEARCH 2.16.0

This version adds the orient command. It also handles empty input files properly. Documentation has been updated.

VSEARCH 2.15.2

No real functional changes, but some code and compilation changes. Code updated for C++11. Switch to C++ header files. Minor adaptations for Windows compatibility, including the use of the C++ standard library for regular expressions. Minor changes for compatibility with Power8. Compiles successfully on macOS running on Apple Silicon (ARMv8).

VSEARCH 2.15.1

Fix for derep_fulllength when including reverse complement sequences and headers. Make some extra checks when loading compression libraries and add more diagnostic output about them to the output of the version command. Report an error when fastx_filter is used with FASTA input and options that require FASTQ input. Update manual.

Added binary for macOS on Apple Silicon.

VSEARCH 2.15.0

Update manual and documentation. Turn on notrunclabels option for sintax command by default. Change maxhits 0 to mean unlimited hits, like the default. Allow non-ascii characters in headers, with a warning. Sort centroids and uc too when clusterout_sort specified. Add cluster id to centroids output when clusterout_id specified. Improve error messages when parsing FASTQ files. Add missing fastq_qminout option and fix label_suffix option for fastq_mergepairs. Add derep_id command that dereplicates based on both label and sequence. Remove compilation warnings.

VSEARCH 2.14.2

Fixed some issues with the cut, fastx_revcomp, fastq_convert, fastq_mergepairs, and makeudb_usearch commands. Updated manual.

VSEARCH 2.14.1

Fixed bug with sequences written to file specified with fastaout_rev for commands fastx_filter and fastq_filter.

VSEARCH 2.14.0

Added relabel_self option. Added fasta_width, sizein, sizeout and relabelling options as valid for certain commands.

VSEARCH 2.13.7

Fixes a bug when generating consensus sequences.

VSEARCH 2.13.6

Added info about the cut command to the output of the help command.

This should have been version 2.14.1 as it is a minor fix for version 2.13.5 which should have been version 2.14.0.

VSEARCH 2.13.5

Added cut command to fragment sequences at restriction sites. Silenced output from the fastq_stats command if quiet option was given. Updated manual.

This should have been 2.14.0 as it is not just a bug fix, but adds new features.