# News **URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/c/miscellaneous-categories/news/38.md [Latest](https://forum.qiime2.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.qiime2.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.qiime2.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the News category](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/about-the-news-category/33324)
**Author:** [@gregcaporaso](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/gregcaporaso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/about-the-news-category/33324 "2025-06-21T05:30:44Z")
This category is for news and other information related to the rachis (formerly Q2F) ecosystem of tools. You'll find the articles from this section at https://qiime2.org/news/ and the corresponding RSS feed. This categor… --- ## [MOSHPIT paper is out!](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/moshpit-paper-is-out/34340)
**Author:** [@misialq](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/misialq)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/moshpit-paper-is-out/34340 "2026-09-29T10:52:02Z")
:scroll: The Rachis team proudly presents our latest paper: MOSHPIT: Accessible, reproducible metagenome data science on the QIIME 2 framework! As some of you probably have already seen, MOSHPIT is our "new" distributi… --- ## [QIIME 2 / rachis is now funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-rachis-is-now-funded-by-the-swiss-national-science-foundation/34162)
**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Nicholas_Bokulich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-rachis-is-now-funded-by-the-swiss-national-science-foundation/34162 "2026-05-04T08:07:51Z")
We are excited to announce new project funding support for QIIME 2 / rachis from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) for the project "Advancing microbiome science through integration of next-generation multi-omic… --- ## [Announcing a draft AI policy](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/announcing-a-draft-ai-policy/34139)
**Author:** [@lizgehret](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/lizgehret)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/announcing-a-draft-ai-policy/34139 "2026-04-21T16:02:45Z")
Overview Generative artificial intelligence tools (“AI”)\[1\] are spurring a great deal of debate in the scientific and open source software communities. This document announces an initial policy regarding the use of AI fo… --- ## [fq-manifestor: a web app for generating fastq manifest files](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/fq-manifestor-a-web-app-for-generating-fastq-manifest-files/34114)
**Author:** [@gregcaporaso](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/gregcaporaso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/fq-manifestor-a-web-app-for-generating-fastq-manifest-files/34114 "2026-04-08T20:07:48Z")
Hello :qiime2: Forum! I'd like to share fq-manifestor, a little web utility to help with creating fastq manifest files from paired-end Illumina sequencing data. You can find this here. This allows you to drag-and-drop y… --- ## [Need to figure out where you left off last year? Try artifinder!](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/need-to-figure-out-where-you-left-off-last-year-try-artifinder/33897)
**Author:** [@gregcaporaso](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/gregcaporaso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/need-to-figure-out-where-you-left-off-last-year-try-artifinder/33897 "2026-01-08T17:11:04Z")
Happy New Year QIIME 2 Forum! :tada: If you're like me, you may be getting back to work this week and trying to remember where you left off with your analyses. To help with this, I built a little utility that, when prov… --- ## [Announcing \`rachis\`, a rebrand of the QIIME 2 Framework (Q2F)](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/announcing-rachis-a-rebrand-of-the-qiime-2-framework-q2f/33749)
**Author:** [@gregcaporaso](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/gregcaporaso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/announcing-rachis-a-rebrand-of-the-qiime-2-framework-q2f/33749 "2025-10-29T16:37:23Z")
Announcing rachis, a rebrand of the QIIME 2 Framework (Q2F) As you may or may not know, the QIIME 2 microbiome data science platform is built on what we call the QIIME 2 Framework (Q2F). Q2F provides the general purpose … --- ## [The QIIME 2 Library “Stacks”](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/the-qiime-2-library-stacks/33325)
**Author:** [@gregcaporaso](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/gregcaporaso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/the-qiime-2-library-stacks/33325 "2025-06-21T05:38:56Z")
Hello QIIME 2 user community! You may have noticed that our documentation is starting to look different. This article is a quick description of what's changing and why. Restructured documentation As the collection of di…