Fastqz 1.5 / Fqzcomp 4.6 – FASTQ File Compressor

Fastqz 1.5 / Fqzcomp 4.6

:: DESCRIPTION

fastqz is a compressor for the most common (Sanger format) FASTQ files produced by DNA sequencing machines. It may be used with a reference genome for better compression.

Fqzcomp is a basic fastq compressor, designed primarily for high performance. 

::DEVELOPER

Matt Mahoney

:: SCREENSHOTS

N/A

:: REQUIREMENTS

  • Windows / Linux / Mac OsX
  • C++ Compiler

:: DOWNLOAD

 Fastqz , Fqzcomp

:: MORE INFORMATION

Citation

Bonfield JK, Mahoney MV (2013)
Compression of FASTQ and SAM Format Sequencing Data. 
PLoS ONE 8(3): e59190. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059190