bionode/README.md

A Node.js JavaScript library for client and server side bioinformatics

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# bionode

> Modular and universal bioinformatics

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## Install

You need to install the latest Node.JS first, please check [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org) or do the following:

```bash
# Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install npm
# Mac
brew install node
# Both
npm install -g n
n stable
```

To use `bionode` as a command line tool, you can install it globally with `-g`.

```bash
npm install bionode -g
```

Or, if you want to use it as a JavaScript library, you need to install it in your local project folder inside the `node_modules` directory by doing the same command **without** `-g`.

```bash
npm i bionode # 'i' can be used as shorcut to 'install'
```
## Documentation

Check our documentation at [doc.bionode.io](http://doc.bionode.io)

## Modules list

For a complete list of bionode modules, please check the [repositories with the "tool" tag](https://github.com/search?q=org:bionode+topic:tool)

## Contributing
We welcome all kinds of contributions at all levels of experience, please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started!

## Communication channels

Don't be shy! Come talk to us :smiley:

* **Email** [mail@bionode.io](mailto:mail@bionode.io)
* **Chat room** [http://gitter.im/bionode/bionode](http://gitter.im/bionode/bionode)
* **IRC** #bionode on Freenode
* **Twitter** [@bionode](http://twitter.com/@bionode)


## Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the people and institutions listed below!

* [bionode/people](https://github.com/orgs/bionode/people)
* [WurmLab](http://wurmlab.github.io)
* [Mozilla Science Lab](https://science.mozilla.org)