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Getting Started

Welcome to TASSEL 5. This section covers everything you need to begin, from installing the software to using the graphical User Manual and the command-line Pipelines. Choose a path below.

Install TASSEL

There are four ways to run or use TASSEL. Pick the one that fits your workflow.

Desktop Application

Install the TASSEL desktop application with a native installer for macOS, Windows, or Linux.

Install the GUI

Standalone

Run TASSEL from the command line with the self-contained standalone distribution.

Set up Standalone

JVM Library

Add TASSEL to your own Java or Kotlin project as a dependency from Maven Central.

Integrate the library

R Package (rTASSEL)

Run TASSEL 5 analyses from R with rTASSEL, a companion package for R-based workflows.

Use TASSEL from R

Not sure which build to grab? Head to the Download page. It auto-detects your operating system and lets you pick any version.

Learn TASSEL

User Manual

Guide to the TASSEL GUI: loading data, filtering, analysis, and results.

Open the User Manual

Pipelines

Command-line pipelines for genotyping and association analysis.

Browse the Pipelines

Video Tutorials

Watch step-by-step walkthroughs from the Buckler Lab on YouTube.

Watch on YouTube

Test Data

Sample datasets for tutorials, GBS workflows, and pipeline exercises. Download and extract the archives below to follow along with the User Manual and pipeline guides.

Tutorial Data

General-purpose example files for learning the TASSEL GUI and common analyses.

Download tutorial data

GBS Test Data

Example Genotyping-by-Sequencing files for testing GBS-related workflows.

Download GBS test data

GBSv2 Test Data

Larger example dataset for the GBSv2 pipeline and related command-line tools.

Download GBSv2 test data