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kind: "claim"
title: "kb is an efficient, fast, open-source Cell Ranger alternative."
description: ""
url: "https://sina.bio/claim/kb-is-an-efficient-fast-open-source-cell-ranger-alternative-a8b79f6d"
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# kb is an efficient, fast, open-source Cell Ranger alternative.

## Content

kb is an efficient, fast, open-source Cell Ranger alternative.

## Metadata

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## Connections (3)

### kallisto, bustools and kb-python for quantifying bulk, single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-seq

- ID: `version:kallisto-bustools-and-kb-python-for-quantifying-bulk-single-cell-and-single-nucleus-rna-seq--2023-11-22-biorxiv`
- Kind: `publication`
- Direction: `outgoing`
- URL: <https://sina.bio/publication/kallisto-bustools-and-kb-python-for-quantifying-bulk-single-cell-and-si-70b58d03>

This publication is cited in support of this claim.

> On the other hand, kb9,10 is an open source alternative to Cell Ranger, known for its efficiency and speed.9

Source: 2026-04-cell-systems.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2026-04-cell-systems-pdf>

### Modular, efficient and constant-memory single-cell RNA-seq preprocessing

- ID: `version:modular-efficient-and-constant-memory-single-cell-rna-seq-preprocessing--2021-04-01-nature-biotechnology`
- Kind: `publication`
- Direction: `outgoing`
- URL: <https://sina.bio/publication/modular-efficient-and-constant-memory-single-cell-rna-seq-preprocessing>

This publication is cited in support of this claim.

> On the other hand, kb9,10 is an open source alternative to Cell Ranger, known for its efficiency and speed.9

Source: 2026-04-cell-systems.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2026-04-cell-systems-pdf>

### The impact of package selection and versioning on single-cell RNA-seq analysis

- ID: `version:the-impact-of-package-selection-and-versioning-on-single-cell-rna-seq-analysis--2026-04-cell-systems`
- Kind: `publication`
- Direction: `incoming`
- URL: <https://sina.bio/publication/the-impact-of-package-selection-and-versioning-on-single-cell-rna-seq-a-dae7bb70>

This publication contains this grounded claim.

> kb9,10
> is an open source alternative to Cell
> Ranger, known for its efficiency and speed.9

Source: 2026-04-cell-systems.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2026-04-cell-systems-pdf>