# Overview

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An integrated suite of high-performance (big data) applications for the management and analysis of population-scale genomic data.

![OpenCB Summary](http://docs.opencb.org/download/thumbnails/327710/image2020-8-13_18-25-38.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1597335938379\&api=v2)

**By replacing datafiles with databases our software promotes:**

* Scalability; the ability to run queries in real-time across hundreds of thousands of genomes.
* Accessibility; the ability to analyse from anywhere on the web without needing access to the local filesystem.
* Integration; the ability to link data together using flexible data models covering reference data, variant data and clinical metadata.
* Security; the ability to protect data using federated (e.g. SSO) authentication and role-based authorisation schemes. 

**OpenCB solutions are typically used as:**

* The storage target of secondary analysis pipelines.
* The data source for tertiary analysis workflows.

**The open-source OpenCB software is developed and maintained by researchers from multiple organisations and made freely available at** <https://github.com/opencb>

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