BioContainers Registry: searching for bioinformatics tools, packages and containers

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Bai, Jingwen, Chakradhar Reddy Bandla, Guo, Jiaxin, Roberto Vera Alvarez, Vizcaino, Juan Antonio, Bai, Mingze, Pablo Andres Moreno Cortez, Gruning, Bjorn Andreas, Sallou, Olivier, Perez-Riverol, Yasset
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 22.07.2020
• Subjects: Bioinformatics; Computer programs; Software

BioContainers is an open-source project that aims to create, store, and distribute bioinformatics software containers and packages. The BioContainers community has developed a set of guidelines to standardize the software containers including the metadata, versions, licenses, and/or software depende...