There are too many projects of any name (most never see the light of day), but somehow all these Krakens get released.

https://ccb.jhu.edu/software/kraken/ <- taxonomic ID assignment for metagenomic sequence samples

Agreed.

Another: GitKraken - https://www.gitkraken.com

Since this was a Kraken benchmark, I first thought it was some thing benchmarked in the Kraken benchmark.

http://krakenbenchmark.mozilla.org/

I should've known better...

I guess someone was ordered to release the Kraken(s), and as Eddie Izzard famously observed[1], nobody ever issued an order to retrieve the Kraken.

To the grumpy crowd: Sorry in adance for the reddit-like comment. I feel a bit light-spirited today :)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyq4zT0h0yk