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Before we discuss the "how," let's briefly touch on the "why." VSEARCH is a free alternative to USEARCH. It replicates nearly all classic USEARCH functionalities (cluster_fast, cluster_smallmem, usearch_global) but adds multi-threading capabilities without licensing restrictions.

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Performs exact and global alignment searching using a fast Needleman-Wunsch algorithm. Before we discuss the "how

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Groups sequences by similarity using various pre-sorting methods.