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+# Multi-Omics Factor Analysis
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+[![PyPi version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/mofapy2)](https://pypi.org/project/mofapy2)
+
+MOFA is a factor analysis model that provides a general framework for the integration of multi-omic data sets in an unsupervised fashion.  
+This repository contains `mofapy2` Python library source code.
+
+- For the downstream analysis in Python please check the mofax package: https://github.com/bioFAM/mofax
+- For the downstream analysis in R please check the MOFA2 package: https://github.com/bioFAM/MOFA2
+
+Please [visit our website](https://biofam.github.io/MOFA2/) for details, tutorials, and much more.
+
+## Installation
+
+Install the stable version from the Python Package Index:
+```
+pip install mofapy2
+```
+
+Or install the latest development version from the repository:
+```
+pip install git+https://github.com/bioFAM/mofapy2@dev --force-reinstall --no-deps
+```
+
+