---
name: "salmon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "salmon"
version: "1.10.2+ds1-1+b5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/salmon"
---

# salmon(1)

highly-accurate, transcript-level quantification estimates from RNA-seq data

## NAME

salmon - highly-accurate, transcript-level quantification estimates from RNA-seq data

## SYNOPSIS

**salmon** *-h\|--help or*

## DESCRIPTION

salmon v1.10.2

-

  salmon **-v**\|--version or salmon **-c**\|--cite or salmon \[--no-version-check\] \<COMMAND\> \[-h \| options\]

### Commands:

- index

  : create a salmon index

- quant

  : quantify a sample

- alevin

  : single cell analysis

- swim

  : perform super-secret operation

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  quantmerge : merge multiple quantifications into a single file