alignparse: A Python package for parsing complex features from high-throughput long-read sequencing

alignparse is a Python package written by the Bloom lab. It is designed to align long sequencing reads (such as those from PacBio circular consensus sequencing) to targets, filter these alignments based on user-provided specifications, and parse out user-defined sequence features. For each read that passes the filters, information about the features (e.g. accuracy, sequence, mutations) is retained for further analyses.