FastQC

Free, open-source sequencing QC tool for checking FASTQ quality and generating reports.

Details

FastQC is a widely used quality control tool for sequencing data that checks FASTQ files for base quality, GC content, adapter contamination, duplicated sequences and more, and produces a QC report. It suits basic quality checks before NGS analysis.

Use cases: sequencing QC, FASTQ, NGS, quality reports, bioinformatics

Note: for multi-sample projects, summarise reports with MultiQC.

Used in these research workflows