Not sure if it's more for here or the user channel, but someone should make a small app to check the list of available SnpEff databases. I might even do it myself if I'm ever too bored waiting for results. Reason: the only way I've found to browse the databases that does not require downloading SnpEff is through Galaxy, and we all have opinions about Galaxy (plus, it actually runs a job to get the results, which is absurdly slow for a table search)
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Maxime Garcia
03/20/2026, 4:42 PM
I usually run snpeff databases locally and grep the organism I'm interested in
Maxime Garcia
03/20/2026, 4:51 PM
but I agree it's a pain
Maxime Garcia
03/20/2026, 4:51 PM
I run it via docker/conda
Maxime Garcia
03/20/2026, 4:52 PM
but I am constantly downloading and or building new container/env on my computer, so I don't really care much at that point
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Igor Trujnara
03/20/2026, 4:54 PM
Fair, although it's surprising that there's no way to see the list without downloading the tool
Igor Trujnara
03/20/2026, 4:55 PM
Especially since not having to install manually is part of the appeal of pipelines