BitBIRCH-Lean documentation#

Date: Oct 22, 2025 Version: 0.0 (dev)

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BitBIRCH-Lean is an open-source, high-throughput implementation of the BitBIRCH clustering algorithm designed for clustering very large molecular libraries. It is developed by the Miranda-Quintana Lab at the University of Florida.

The BitBIRCH-Lean documentation is a work in progress, expect many updates soon!

Installing

Want to install BitBIRCH-Lean? Read this section for details on how to install the library.

User guide

Start here! This sections describes how to use BitBIRCH-Lean and the bb CLI to cluster huge molecular libraries.

API reference

A detailed description of the BitBIRCH-Lean API. It shows all its public functions, classes, and their methods and properties. Use this for reference.

Publications

Articles associated with the BitBIRCH algorithm. Please consult and cite the corresponding articles if you use find BitBIRCH useful for your work.