Table 1 Comparison of sequencing quality control software tools
From: HTQC: a fast quality control toolkit for Illumina sequencing data
Name | Programming language | Sequencing platforms | Reads filtration methods |
|---|---|---|---|
HTQC | C++ | Illumina | Tail trimming, filter by quality/length/tile |
FastQC | Java | Not limited, any FASTQ file | No |
NGS QC | Perl | Illumina, 454 | Trimming only |
SolexaQA | Perl | Illumina | Trimming only |
BIGpre | Perl | Illumina, 454 | Duplicate removal |
PIQA | R, C++ | Illumina | No |