# Announcing HUMAnN 3.0 (alpha)

**URL:** <https://forum.biobakery.org/t/announcing-humann-3-0-alpha/518>\
**Category:** HUMAnN\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/announcing-humann-3-0-alpha/518 "2020-05-26T20:03:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![franzosa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/franzosa/32/3511_2.png) [@franzosa](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/franzosa)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/announcing-humann-3-0-alpha/518/1 "2020-05-26T20:03:53Z")

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Greetings bioBakery users! Though some of you have discovered the 3.0 update of HUMAnN on your own, I wanted to more formally announce it here with a link to some release notes about the software:

[https://huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/humann3](https://huttenhower.sph.harvard.edu/humann3)

Feel free to give it a try and let us know if you have any issues with installation or execution. While we’re still working on a few elements of the 3.0 release (pathway definitions, the manual, and updates to certain utility scripts), the central tiered search strategy for getting from reads to species-stratified gene abundance has been thoroughly tested for the alpha release (and, notably, benefits greatly from expanded species and gene catalogs). Enjoy!

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**Author:** ![franzosa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/franzosa/32/3511_2.png) [@franzosa](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/franzosa)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/announcing-humann-3-0-alpha/518/2 "2020-05-26T20:05:06Z")

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**Author:** ![Carla\_Uranga](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.biobakery.org/carla_uranga/32/273_2.png) [@Carla\_Uranga](https://forum.biobakery.org/u/Carla_Uranga)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.biobakery.org/t/announcing-humann-3-0-alpha/518/3 "2020-06-17T21:09:17Z")

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So funny thing… I just used pip3 install humann and it installed! 😁  
I am installing the databases now. It will take a bit, I imagine.

Best,  
Carla Uranga