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Official git repository for Biopython (originally converted from CVS)
5.1K starsJun 8, 2026 pushgeo-sciencePythonBioinformatics
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scikit-bio: a community-driven Python library for bioinformatics, providing versatile data structures, algorithms and educational resources.
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$ npx skills add scikit-bio/scikit-bio#3
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$ npx skills add omicverse/omicverse#4
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$ npx skills add allenai/scispacy#5
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$ npx skills add biotite-dev/biotite#6
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$ npx skills add danforthcenter/plantcv#7
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753 starsJun 15, 2026 pushgeo-sciencePythonBioinformatics
$ npx skills add scverse/PyDESeq2#8
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582 starsJun 8, 2026 pushgeo-sciencePythonBioinformatics
$ npx skills add marcelm/cutadapt#9
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$ npx skills add plotly/dash-bio#10
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$ npx skills add scverse/scanpy#11
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$ npx skills add gamcil/clinker#12
Data intensive science for everyone.
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$ npx skills add galaxyproject/galaxy#13
Cloud-native genomic dataframes and batch computing
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$ npx skills add hail-is/hail#14
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691 starsJul 2, 2025 pushgeo-sciencePythonBioinformatics
$ npx skills add Edinburgh-Genome-Foundry/DnaFeaturesViewer#15
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$ npx skills add kblin/ncbi-genome-download#16
Biostar Q&A
589 starsAug 20, 2025 pushgeo-sciencePythonBioinformatics
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