Installation
Requirements
- Python 3.10 or later
- For the build phase (
create-db): 2–8 GB RAM per worker (see Performance Tuning)
pip
To install the latest development version directly from GitHub:
conda / mamba (bioconda)
Or with mamba (faster):
Docker
Official images are published to GitHub Container Registry for every release.
Run the CLI by mounting a local directory with your database:
docker run --rm \
-v /path/to/db:/db \
ghcr.io/dlopez-bioinfo/afquery:latest \
query --db /db --locus chr1:925952 --phenotype E11.9
Note
Images are available for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. The latest tag always points to the most recent stable release.
From Source
To also install documentation dependencies:
Optional: Documentation Dependencies
If you want to build or serve the documentation locally:
Next Steps
- VCF Preprocessing — normalize and prepare VCFs before ingestion
- 5-Min Quickstart — build your first database and run queries
- Key Concepts — understand the bitmap index, manifest, and metadata model