DIAMOND v0.8.12

This release introduces a new database format that now allows to set the block size parameter for the alignment commands instead of the makedb command. This way the program's memory usage can be controlled more dynamically at runtime without database rebuilding.

DIAMOND v0.8.11

Fixed a compiler error on some systems.

DIAMOND v0.8.10

DIAMOND can now directly generate all of its output formats again - no need for the intermediate DAA file. Of course, the DAA format is still supported and should be used if you want to import the results into MEGAN.

DIAMOND v0.8.9

This release comes with a substantial increase in performance and also improved accuracy of local alignments.

DIAMOND v0.8.8

Fixed a compiler error on MAC.

DIAMOND v0.8.7

By popular demand, DIAMOND now supports the BLAST XML output format (command line option -f xml). As these files can become very large, it is recommended to also activate compression of output files (option --compress 1).

DIAMOND v0.8.6

Fixed a problem of the Windows version that could cause errors for larger files & fixed a problem that could cause very long runtimes for certain highly repetitive sequences.

DIAMOND v0.8.5

Optimized performance.

DIAMOND v0.8.4

This update fixes some problems that could cause too high memory usage in blastp mode and too long runtimes in certain cases.

DIAMOND v0.8.3

This update improves the accuracy of local alignments and fixes a problem that could cause alignments to be missed sometimes.