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

• Version: 2.0.0
• Added: September, 2023
• Updated: June, 2026
• 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/2.0.0
$ dorado

Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

$ cd /var/scratch
$ wget https://cdn.oxfordnanoportal.com/software/analysis/dorado-2.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
$ tar xf dorado-2.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
$ sudo cp -r dorado-2.0.0-linux-x64 /export/apps/dorado/2.0.0