An integrated ecosystem for virome analysis

Seamlessly transition from raw metagenomic sequencing data to publication-ready ecological insights without writing a single line of code.

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Ecosystem Diagram

The Ecosystem Architecture

Two powerful components working seamlessly together.

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The Snakemake Pipeline

A robust, automated backend workflow for viral metagenomics. Handles quality control, host decontamination, de novo assembly, viral identification via geNomad, and high-resolution taxonomic annotation.

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The Interactive Explorer

A code-free Streamlit frontend application. Ingests pipeline outputs to let you interactively explore taxonomic composition, calculate alpha/beta diversity, and perform differential abundance statistical testing.

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Documentation & Resources

Everything you need to get started and master the tools.

Pipeline Documentation

Learn how to install, configure, and execute the Snakemake workflow across different compute environments.

Explorer Documentation

Learn how to format inputs, navigate interactive modules, and interpret complex statistical outputs.

Reference Databases

Access pre-built, versioned reference databases and fully reproducible benchmark datasets hosted on Zenodo.

Example Results & Mocks

Download fully processed pipeline outputs, count matrices, and curated mock community results hosted on Zenodo.

Cite MetaViralyst

The MetaViralyst manuscript is currently under review. In the meantime, if you use the pipeline or the Explorer application in your research, please cite our repository via Zenodo:

[Authors]. (2026) "MetaViralyst: An integrated ecosystem for reproducible end-to-end virome analysis and interactive data exploration". Zenodo, DOI: [Zenodo DOI TBA]