Thie directory contains the scripts as an RAR formatted archive to perform the metatranscriptomics analyses outlined in the paper by Jiang et al. entitled: "Metatranscriptomic analysis of diverse microbial communities reveals core metabolic pathways and microbiome-specific functionality" currently under review at Microbiome. To describe the process by which metatranscriptome datasets were processed, we also provide a tutorial ("Metatranscriptome_Pipeline_Tutorial.doc") which was preseneted at this years Metagenomics Workshop, hosted by the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop series: https://bioinformatics.ca/workshops/2015/analysis-metagenomic-data-2015 We provide the scripts under the Creative Commons Attibution 4.0 International License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ In which users are free to share, copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to adapt and build upon the material for any purpose including commercially under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.