New tool addition: KneadData #7498

xens25 · 2025-12-01T12:17:09Z

FOR CONTRIBUTOR:

I have read the CONTRIBUTING.md document and this tool is appropriate for the tools-iuc repo.
License permits unrestricted use (educational + commercial)
This PR adds a new tool or tool collection
This PR updates an existing tool or tool collection
This PR does something else (explain below)

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:33:33Z

tools/kneaddata/.shed.yml

+categories:
+  - Sequence Analysis
+  - Metagenomics
+  - Quality Control


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- Quality Control

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:34:32Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

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+<tool id="kneaddata" name="KneadData" version="0.12.1+galaxy0" python_template_version="3.5" profile="21.05">


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<tool id="kneaddata" name="KneadData" version="0.12.1+galaxy0" python_template_version="3.5" profile="21.05">

<tool id="kneaddata" name="KneadData" version="@TOOL_VERSION@+galaxy@VERSION_SUFFIX@" profile="@PROFILE@">

Please introduce the above tokens in the macros.xml file

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:35:09Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+    <requirements>
+        <requirement type="package" version="0.12.3">kneaddata</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="0.40">trimmomatic</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="2.5.4">bowtie2</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="4.09.1">trf</requirement>
+        <requirement type="package" version="0.12.1">fastqc</requirement>
+    </requirements>


This can go in macros.xml. Wondering if these dependencies are already part of Kneaddata or does one explicitly need them?

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:35:27Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+                <option value="s">Single read</option> 
+                <option value="p">Paired reads</option> 


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<option value="s">Single read</option>

<option value="p">Paired reads</option>

<option value="single">Single read</option>

<option value="paired">Paired reads</option>

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:36:08Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+            </param> 
+
+            <when value="s"> 
+                <param name="single_read" type="data" format="fastq" label="Single Read"/> 


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<param name="single_read" type="data" format="fastq" label="Single Read"/>

<param name="single_read" type="data" format="fastqsanger" label="Single Read"/>

Does it also support fastq.gz?

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:36:17Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+            <when value="s"> 
+                <param name="single_read" type="data" format="fastq" label="Single Read"/> 
+            </when> 
+            <when value="p"> 


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<when value="p">

<when value="paired">

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:36:39Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+        <param name="number_threads" type="integer" value="1" label="Number of threads"/>
+
+        <param name="number_processes" type="integer" value="1" label="Number of processes"/>


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<param name="number_threads" type="integer" value="1" label="Number of threads"/>

<param name="number_processes" type="integer" value="1" label="Number of processes"/>

This is not required

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:36:54Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+
+        <section name="trimmomatic" title="Trimmomatic arguments" >
+
+            <param name="max_memory" type="text" value="500m" label="Maximum memory for Trimmomatic"/>


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<param name="max_memory" type="text" value="500m" label="Maximum memory for Trimmomatic"/>

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:39:37Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+
+            <conditional name="trimmomatic_options">
+                <param name="select_option" type="select" label="Trimmomatic settings"> 
+                    <option value="d">Default settings</option> 


Better names for option values?

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:40:41Z

tools/kneaddata/.shed.yml

+  quality filtering, and removal of host contamination using
+  Bowtie2/TRIMMOMATIC/TRF.
+homepage_url: https://github.com/biobakery/kneaddata
+remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/master/tools/kneaddata


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remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/master/tools/kneaddata

remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/main/tools/kneaddata

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:40:49Z

tools/kneaddata/.shed.yml

+owner: iuc
+type: unrestricted
+description: Quality control and contaminant removal for metagenomic data
+long_description: >


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long_description: >

long_description: |

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T12:41:02Z

tools/kneaddata/.shed.yml

+remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/master/tools/kneaddata
+categories:
+  - Metagenomics
+  - Statistics


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- Statistics

- Sequence Analysis

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T13:27:59Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+        <requirement type="package" version="0.12.1">fastqc</requirement>
+    </requirements>
+    <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
+        kneaddata 


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kneaddata

mkdir -p results/

kneaddata

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T13:28:09Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+            -i1 "$read_type.forward_read" 
+            -i2 "$read_type.backward_read" 
+        #end if
+        -o "output_dir"


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-o "output_dir"

-o results/

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:03:56Z

tools/kneaddata/.shed.yml

+  metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing data, especially
+  data from microbiome experiments. It performs adapter trimming,
+  quality filtering, and removal of host contamination using
+  Bowtie2/TRIMMOMATIC/TRF.


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Bowtie2/TRIMMOMATIC/TRF.

Bowtie2, TRIMMOMATIC and TRF.

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:04:50Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+        #if "$output_prefix"
+            --output-prefix "$output_prefix"
+        #end if


I would be in favor of removing this parameter

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:05:00Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+        --threads "$number_threads"
+        --processes "$number_processes"


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--threads "$number_threads"

--processes "$number_processes"

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:08:50Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+            <param name="number_threads" value="1"/>
+            <param name="number_processes" value="1"/>


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<param name="number_threads" value="1"/>

<param name="number_processes" value="1"/>

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:09:49Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+            </section>
+            <section name="read_type">
+                <param name="select_read_type" value="s"/>
+                <param name="single_read" value="28C.single.fastq"/>


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<param name="single_read" value="28C.single.fastq"/>

<param name="single_read" value="test_single.fastq"/>

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:10:07Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+                <param name="forward_read" value="28C.R1.fastq"/>
+                <param name="backward_read" value="28C.R2.fastq"/>
+            </section>
+            <output name="paired_forward" file="paired_forward.fastq"/>


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<output name="paired_forward" file="paired_forward.fastq"/>

<output name="paired_forward" file="test_paired_1.fastq"/>

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:10:19Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+                <param name="backward_read" value="28C.R2.fastq"/>
+            </section>
+            <output name="paired_forward" file="paired_forward.fastq"/>
+            <output name="paired_backward" file="paired_backward.fastq"/>


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<output name="paired_backward" file="paired_backward.fastq"/>

<output name="paired_backward" file="test_paired_2.fastq"/>

SaimMomin12 · 2025-12-01T16:11:14Z

tools/kneaddata/kneaddata.xml

+    usage: kneaddata [-h] [--version] [-v] [-i1 INPUT1] [-i2 INPUT2]
+                 [-un UNPAIRED]  -o OUTPUT_DIR
+                 [-db REFERENCE_DB] [--bypass-trim] [--run-trim-repetitive]
+                 [--output-prefix OUTPUT_PREFIX] [-t &lt;1&gt;] [-p &lt;1&gt;]
+                 [-q {phred33,phred64}] [--run-bmtagger]
+                 [--run-fastqc-start] [--run-fastqc-end] [--store-temp-output]
+                 [--cat-final-output]
+                 [--log-level {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL}] [--log LOG]
+                 [--trimmomatic TRIMMOMATIC_PATH] [--max-memory MAX_MEMORY]
+                 [--trimmomatic-options TRIMMOMATIC_OPTIONS]
+                 [--bowtie2 BOWTIE2_PATH] [--bowtie2-options BOWTIE2_OPTIONS]
+                 [--bmtagger BMTAGGER_PATH] [--trf TRF_PATH] [--match MATCH]
+                 [--mismatch MISMATCH] [--delta DELTA] [--pm PM] [--pi PI]
+                 [--minscore MINSCORE] [--maxperiod MAXPERIOD]
+                 [--fastqc FASTQC_PATH]
+
+    KneadData
+
+    options:
+
+
+    -h, --help  show this help message and exit
+    -v, --verbose  additional output is printed
+    --version  show program's version number and exit
+    -i INPUT, --input INPUT  input FASTQ file (add a second argument instance to run with paired input files)
+    -o OUTPUT_DIR, --output OUTPUT_DIR  directory to write output files
+    --db REFERENCE_DB, --reference-db REFERENCE_DB  location of reference database
+    --run-trim-repetitive  Option to trim repetitive/overrepresented sequences generated by FASTQC reports 
+    --bypass-trim  bypass the trim step
+    --output-prefix OUTPUT_PREFIX  prefix for all output files  [ DEFAULT : $SAMPLE_kneaddata ]
+    -t <1>, --threads <1>  number of threads  [ Default : 1 ]
+    -p <1>, --processes <1>  number of processes  [ Default : 1 ]
+    -q <quality>, --quality-scores <quality>  quality scores [phred33|phred64] [DEFAULT: phred33]
+    --run-bmtagger  run BMTagger instead of Bowtie2 to identify contaminant reads
+    --bypass-trf  option to bypass the removal of tandem repeats
+    --run-fastqc-start  run fastqc at the beginning of the workflow
+    --run-fastqc-end  run fastqc at the end of the workflow
+    --store-temp-output  store temp output files [ DEFAULT : temp output files are removed ]
+    --cat-final-output  concatenate all final output files [ DEFAULT : final output is not concatenated ]
+    --log-level <DEBUG|INFO|WARNING|ERROR|CRITICAL>  level of log messages [DEFAULT: DEBUG]
+    --log LOG  log file [ DEFAULT : $OUTPUT_DIR/$SAMPLE_kneaddata.log ]
+    --trimmomatic TRIMMOMATIC_PATH  path to trimmomatic [ DEFAULT : $PATH ]
+    --max-memory MAX_MEMORY  max amount of memory [ DEFAULT : 500m ]
+    --trimmomatic-options TRIMMOMATIC_OPTIONS  options for trimmomatic [ DEFAULT : SLIDINGWINDOW:4:20 MINLEN:50 ]
+      MINLEN is set to 50 percent of total input read length. The user can alternatively specify a length (in bases) for MINLEN.
+    --sequencer-source  options for sequencer-source [ DEFAULT: NexteraPE]  Available sequencers: ["NexteraPE","TruSeq2","TruSeq3"]
+    --bowtie2 BOWTIE2_PATH  path to bowtie2 [ DEFAULT : $PATH ]
+    --bowtie2-options BOWTIE2_OPTIONS  options for bowtie2 [ DEFAULT : --very-sensitive ]
+    --bmtagger BMTAGGER_PATH  path to BMTagger  [ DEFAULT : $PATH ]
+    --bypass-trf  bypass the TRF step
+    --trf TRF_PATH  path to TRF [ DEFAULT : $PATH ]
+    --mismatch MISMATCH  mismatching penalty  [ DEFAULT : 7 ]
+    --delta DELTA  indel penalty  [ DEFAULT : 7 ]
+    --pm PM  match probability  [ DEFAULT : 80 ]
+    --pi PI  indel probability  [ DEFAULT : 10 ]
+    --minscore MINSCORE  minimum alignment score to report  [ DEFAULT : 50 ]
+    --maxperiod MAXPERIOD  maximum period size to report  [ DEFAULT : 500 ]
+    --fastqc FASTQC_PATH  path to fastqc [ DEFAULT : $PATH ]
+


A better help could be what is KneadData tool, what does it do, what inputs it requires, what outputs it gives out etc. Perhaps explanation of a few important parameters

xens25 added 3 commits December 1, 2025 12:58

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		<tool id="kneaddata" name="KneadData" version="0.12.1+galaxy0" python_template_version="3.5" profile="21.05">

		<option value="s">Single read</option>
		<option value="p">Paired reads</option>

	<param name="single_read" type="data" format="fastq" label="Single Read"/>
	<param name="single_read" type="data" format="fastqsanger" label="Single Read"/>

		<param name="number_threads" type="integer" value="1" label="Number of threads"/>

		<param name="number_processes" type="integer" value="1" label="Number of processes"/>


		<section name="trimmomatic" title="Trimmomatic arguments" >

		<param name="max_memory" type="text" value="500m" label="Maximum memory for Trimmomatic"/>

	remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/master/tools/kneaddata
	remote_repository_url: https://github.com/galaxyproject/tools-iuc/tree/main/tools/kneaddata

		<param name="number_threads" value="1"/>
		<param name="number_processes" value="1"/>

	<param name="single_read" value="28C.single.fastq"/>
	<param name="single_read" value="test_single.fastq"/>

	<output name="paired_forward" file="paired_forward.fastq"/>
	<output name="paired_forward" file="test_paired_1.fastq"/>

	<output name="paired_backward" file="paired_backward.fastq"/>
	<output name="paired_backward" file="test_paired_2.fastq"/>

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