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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2025

BioArchLinux: community-driven fresh reproducible software repository for life sciences.

Guoyi Zhang, Pekka Ristola, Han Su, Bipin Kumar, Boyu Zhang, Yujin Hu, Michael G Elliot, Viktor Drobot, Jie Zhu, Jens Staal and 4 more

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Article in Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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14 authors.

Guoyi ZhangEvolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth, Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3426-9273
Pekka RistolaBioArchLinux Member, Helsinki, 00100, Finland.
Han SuBioArchLinux Member, Beijing, 100000, China.
Bipin KumarObront Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, 500007, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9157-061X
Boyu ZhangBeijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Yujin HuShenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Shenzhen, 518172, China.
Michael G ElliotDepartment of Evolution, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 AB, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3374-2409
Viktor DrobotPharm InnTech LLC, Moscow, 127299, Russia.
Jie ZhuMicrobiota I-Center (MagIC), Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5789-6296
Jens StaalDepartment of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2664-3357
Martin LarraldeLeiden University Center for Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, 2300 RA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3947-4444
Shun WangJASP Team Member, Shenzhen, 518000, China.
Yun YiBioArchLinux Member, Beijing, 100000, China.
Haoran YuXi'an University, Xi'an, 710065, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

motivationThe BioArchLinux project was initiated to address challenges in bioinformatics software reproducibility and freshness. Relying on Arch Linux's user-driven ecosystem, we aim to create a comprehensive and continuously updated repository for life sciences research.

resultsBioArchLinux provides a PKGBUILD-based system for seamless software packaging and maintenance, enabling users to access the latest bioinformatics tools across multiple programming languages. The repository includes Docker images, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) support, and Junest for nonroot environments, enhancing accessibility across platforms. Although being developed and maintained by a small core team, BioArchLinux is a fast-growing bioinformatics repository that offers a participatory and community-driven environment. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The repository, documentation, and tools are freely available at https://bioarchlinux.org and https://github.com/BioArchLinux. Users and developers are encouraged to contribute and expand this open-source initiative.

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Biological Science DisciplinesComputational BiologySoftwareProgramming LanguagesReproducibility of Results

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PMCPMC11925497

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