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Scanpy

Scalable Python toolkit for single-cell gene expression analysis.

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CategorySingle-cell & foundation models
GitHubscverse/scanpy
First public2017-08-09 (source)
Paperhttps://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-017-1382-0
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
PricingOpen source
Tags#python#scverse#clustering
Last checked2026-10-16

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TasksGeneral analysis (>1M cells)
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