nf-core / nf-core/tools

download can download Docker images via API

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Since Mar 24, 2025.

download enhancement
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Description

Description of feature

When using nf-core download, currently it only supports --container singularity. We could add docker to this and use the API to retrieve Docker images using docker pull.

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