Rduckhts: DuckDB HTS File Reader Extension for R

In Rduckhts: 'DuckDB' High Throughput Sequencing File Formats Reader Extension

DuckDB HTS File Reader Extension for R

Description

The Rduckhts package provides an interface to the DuckDB HTS (High Throughput Sequencing) file reader extension from within R. It enables reading common bioinformatics file formats such as VCF/BCF, SAM/BAM/CRAM, FASTA, FASTQ, GFF, GTF, and tabix-indexed files directly from R using SQL queries via DuckDB.

Author(s)

DuckHTS Contributors

References

https://github.com/RGenomicsETL/duckhts

See Also

Useful links:

• https://github.com/RGenomicsETL/duckhts

• https://rgenomicsetl.r-universe.dev/Rduckhts

• Report bugs at https://github.com/RGenomicsETL/duckhts/issues

Rduckhts documentation built on Oct. 25, 2026, 1:08 a.m.