gget
The premium Open Source alternative to Ensembl BioMart
🎯 Best for:Bioinformaticians needing to automate genomic data fetching.
What is gget?
An open-source alternative to manual web-portal genomic data retrieval. It provides a programmatic interface to query Ensembl, NCBI, and UniProt databases directly from Python.
Tech Stack
PythonBiology & Biotechnology
Why gget?
- • Zero-dependency installation
- • Extremely fast metadata retrieval
- • Clean Pythonic API
Limitations
- • Limited to supported databases
- • CLI-centric workflow
- • Requires internet connectivity
3/5/2026
Last Update
85
Forks
22
Issues
BSD-2-Clause
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Ensembl BioMart)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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