# Install abricate with Homebrew Find antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in contigs. Version 1.4.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:abricate ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install abricate ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:abricate - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.0 - **Source summary:** Find antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes in contigs - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:02:40-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - abricate (cli) - abricate-get_db (cli) - abricate (alias) - abricate-get_db (alias) ## Dependencies - any2fasta - bioperl - blast ## Uses from macOS - perl - unzip ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.4.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/tseemann/abricate - Upstream latest detected: v1.4.0 (current) ## Project history and usage ABRicate is a Perl command-line tool for mass screening assembled contigs against antimicrobial-resistance and virulence-gene databases. It matters to package maintainers because it wraps BLAST+, database setup, and summary reporting into a familiar Unix bioinformatics command. ### Project history The first GitHub release, v0.1, was published as 'Debut' on April 2, 2015. The README describes the project as mass screening of contigs for antimicrobial resistance or virulence genes and explains that the name combines the common acronym ABR, for antibiotic resistance, with an English-verb-like form. ### Adoption history ABRicate became useful in workflow packaging because the README documents Bioconda installation, source installation, dependency checks, database setup, and operation through a single abricate command. The current Homebrew input metadata shows it packaged for Homebrew, while upstream also advertises Bioconda download badges. ### How it is used The tool screens assemblies, not raw FASTQ reads, and reports gene hits with coverage, identity, database, accession, product, and resistance fields. It can process many files, read a file-of-filenames, summarize reports into a presence/absence matrix, update bundled databases, and build custom nucleotide databases. ### Why package nerds care ABRicate is a classic bioinformatics packaging target: a Perl entry point with external command dependencies, bundled or downloadable reference databases, and a check/setup workflow that packagers and workflow engines can exercise after install. Its release history also tracks database refreshes and CI migration. ### Timeline - 2015: v0.1 Debut release. - 2020: v1.0.0 added file-of-filenames scanning, defaults around coverage/identity thresholds, MEGARES docs, and NCBI/CARD database support. - 2025: v1.2.0 refreshed databases, moved CI to GitHub Actions, switched download code to Perl File::Fetch, and improved docs. - 2026: v1.4.0 added a UPEC/ExPEC virulence-factors database and updated NCBI AMR data. ### Related projects - The README points users to ARIBA, ResFinder, RGI, SRST2, and AMRFinderPlus when ABRicate is not the right fit. It also bundles or references databases including NCBI AMRFinderPlus, CARD, ResFinder, ARG-ANNOT, MEGARES, PlasmidFinder, VFDB, VICTORS, BacMet, and UPEC/ExPEC VF. ### Sources - - - input source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** abricate - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Scientific computing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/scientific-computing-tools/) - Matched scientific computing metadata. - [any2fasta](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/any2fasta/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [bioperl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bioperl/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [blast](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/blast/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gffread](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gffread/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [minigraph](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/minigraph/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [stringtie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stringtie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [tabixpp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tabixpp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [vcfanno](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vcfanno/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [vcflib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vcflib/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [vcftools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vcftools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [bbtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bbtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/abricate.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/abricate.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph