POD5 is a file format for storing nanopore dna data in an easily accessible way. The format is able to be written in a streaming manner which allows a sequencing instrument to directly write the format.
Data in POD5 is stored using Apache Arrow, allowing users to consume data in many languages using standard tools.
This project contains a core library for reading and writing POD5 data, and a toolkit for accessing this data in other languages.
Full documentation is found at https://pod5-file-format.readthedocs.io/
POD5 is also bundled as a python module for easy use in scripts, a user can install using:
> pip install pod5This python module provides the python library to write custom scripts against.
Please see examples for documentation on using the library.
The pod5 package also provides a selection of tools.
For information about the design of POD5, see the docs.
If you want to contribute to pod5_file_format, or our pre-built binaries do not meet your platform requirements, you can build pod5 from source using the instructions in DEV.md