So, it has been 8 years since the last barrnap release. In that time, it's been a simple ribosomal RNA feature predictor for genomes, primarily bacterial genomes through it's use in prokka.
This new version will keep doing that, as a drop in replacement. It's a bit slower (but more accurate), and some of the feature names have changed, but you'll still get a GFF file with rRNA features.
However, if you use the --all option it will now do a lot more:
rRNA(ribosomal RNA)tRNA(transfer RNA)tmRNA(transfer-messeenger RNA)ncRNA(non-coding RNA)mRNA(messenger RNA)RBS(ribosomal binding site)CDS(protein coding sequence)sig_pep(signal peptide)terminator(Rho-independent terminator)
I am most excited about full ncRNA support, because these features are often ignored in GWAS and RNA-Seq experiments.
See you again in the year 2034 🤣
Full Changelog: 0.9...v1.10.5