Dorado is a high-performance, easy-to-use, open source basecaller for Oxford Nanopore reads.

• Version: 1.1.0
• Added: September, 2023
• Updated: August, 2025
• Link: https://github.com/nanoporetech/dorado

See which versions are available:

$ module avail dorado

Load one version into your environment and run it:

$ module load dorado/1.1.0
$ dorado

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://cdn.oxfordnanoportal.com/software/analysis/dorado-1.1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
$ tar xf dorado-1.1.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
$ sudo cp -r dorado-1.1.0-linux-x64 /export/apps/dorado/1.1.0