Hi everyone,

During a research project involving protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks, I frequently needed to retrieve large numbers of genomes from NCBI while applying consistent filtering and selection criteria.

I initially automated this workflow using scripts, but that still required familiarity with the command line. This motivated me to develop GenomeSieve, an open-source desktop application that provides a graphical workflow for searching, filtering, selecting, and downloading NCBI genome assemblies.

GenomeSieve also supports species-level assembly selection, spreadsheet import and validation of GCF_/GCA_ accessions, RefSeq/GenBank workflows, and CSV reports.

The first public release is available here:

https://github.com/DaviCampos09/genomesieve

I would be very interested in feedback from people who work with genome retrieval workflows, especially regarding usability, missing features, or use cases that could be useful to support.