# usearch

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** usearch
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** RESTRICTED - Contact Helpdesk
+ **Home Page:** [http://drive5.com/usearch/](http://drive5.com/usearch/)

## Software Description

USEARCH is a unique sequence analysis tool with thousands of users
world-wide. USEARCH offers search and clustering algorithms that are
often orders of magnitude faster than BLAST.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load usearch

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of usearch available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail usearch
## Licensing Info


MSI also provides access to a 64-bit version of USEARCH for use when the
free 32-bit version is insufficient. Our license permits a single
USEARCH64 process to be in use at any time. Users must also request
access to the USEARCH64 group in order to use this software. Email
<help@msi.umn.edu> to request access to this group. Please do not
attempt to circumvent the calendar system, or run more than a single
USEARCH64 process at one time. Users found circumventing the
single-process rule will be banned from using MSI\'s USEARCH64 license.

To view the calendar and/or reserve a license, please visit: [USEARCH
License Reservations](<../../license_reservations/packages/usearch.md>)