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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  bison,
+  cmake,
+  doxygen,
+  flex,
+  graphviz,
+  python3,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "ncbi-vdb";
+  version = "3.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ncbi";
+    repo = "ncbi-vdb";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-HBiheN8XfYYwmY5gw7j8qTczn6WZZNTzY2/fGtpgs/8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    bison
+    cmake
+    doxygen
+    flex
+    graphviz
+    python3
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ncbi/ncbi-vdb";
+    description = "Libraries for the INSDC Sequence Read Archives";
+    license = lib.licenses.ncbiPd;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ t4ccer ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})