POD5 — Oxford Nanopore Technologies signal storage format based on Apache Arrow. Stores raw nanopore electrical signal (squiggle) data per read with calibration, pore, and run metadata. Replaces FAST5
Use with AI
Install the MCP server or CLI to instantly fetch POD5 documentation:
Install command
claude mcp add biocontext7 -- npx @biocontext7/mcpOr share this page: biocontext7.com/tools/pod5
blue-crab converts Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) sequencing data between POD5 and SLOW5/BLOW5 file formats. Use for long-read genomics workflows that require SLOW5/BLOW5 input (e.g., Buttery-eel ba
1 shared topic • 3 shared operations
buttery-eel — streaming Guppy/Dorado basecaller wrapper for Oxford Nanopore SLOW5/BLOW5 format long-read sequencing data. Streams reads from SLOW5 or BLOW5 files directly through a running Guppy serve
1 shared topic • 3 shared operations
HTSlib — C library and command-line utilities for reading, writing, indexing, and manipulating high-throughput sequencing data in SAM, BAM, CRAM, VCF, BCF, and tabix-indexed formats. Provides bgzip bl
1 shared topic • 3 shared operations
slow5lib and blue-crab — C library and Python tools for reading, writing, and converting Oxford Nanopore raw signal data in SLOW5/BLOW5 format. blue-crab converts between FAST5, POD5, and SLOW5/BLOW5
1 shared topic • 3 shared operations
slow5tools -- command-line toolkit for converting, compressing, merging, splitting, indexing, and extracting reads from SLOW5/BLOW5 format files. SLOW5/BLOW5 is an alternative to HDF5-based FAST5/POD5
1 shared topic • 3 shared operations