| Bioinformatics method | Biological technology | Operating system | Language | Maintained | Licence |
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.NET BIO | | | Windows Linux | C# | Yes | |
4peaks | Sequence analysis | Sanger | Mac OS X | | Yes | Freeware |
A5 | De-novo assembly | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | | Yes | GPLv3 |
AB Large Indel Tool | Mapping | ABI SOLiD | Linux 64 | Perl | No | GPL |
AB Small Indel Tool | Read mapping Sequence alignment | ABI SOLiD | Linux 64 | Perl C++ | Maybe | GPL |
ABBA | Sequence assembly Scaffolding | | Linux | | Maybe | Artistic License |
ABMapper | Read mapping Sequence alignment | Illumina | Linux | C++ Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
ABySS | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Sanger | POSIX Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
Adapter Removal (software) | Adapter removal | Illumina 454 | Linux 64 Windows Mac OS X | Java | Yes | Custom Licence |
ADTEx | Statistical calculation | Illumina | GNU/Linux | Python R | Yes | GPLv3 |
AGE | Sequence alignment | Illumina | | | Maybe | Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommerical). |
AGILE | Mapping | 454 | | C | Yes | |
Agp2amos | Formatting | | Windows Linux | | Maybe | |
Alcovna | | | | Java | Maybe | |
ALEXA-Seq | | | | Perl | Maybe | GPLv3 |
ALLPATHS | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) | | | | Yes | |
Alta-Cyclic | Base-calling | Illumina | | | No | |
AMOS | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly validation Integrated solution Formatting Sequence assembly visualisation | | Linux | C Perl | Maybe | |
ANCHOR | Sequence assembly | Illumina | Linux | C++ Python | Yes | BCCA (academic use) |
AnCorr | Statistical calculation Correlation | Any | Cross-Platform | Perl C CGI PHP JavaScript | Yes | free for non-commercial academic research |
Anno-J | Visualisation | | | | No | Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
ANNOVAR | Annotation Variant prioritisation | | Linux Windows Mac OS X | Perl | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
Arachne | Sequence assembly | Sanger | | | Maybe | |
AREM | Read mapping Peak calling | Illumina | Linux | Python | Yes | |
Arf | | | | | Maybe | |
Array Suite (Array Studio/Server) | Read mapping Gene expression profiling | 454 Illumina | Windows | C# | Yes | Commercial |
ArrayExpressHTS | | | | R | Maybe | |
ArrayStar | Statistical calculation Differential expression analysis Ontology comparison Genetic variation analysis | Affymetrix Roche NimbleGen Agilent GenePix Illumina | Windows 7 64-bit or Higher Mac OS X 10.7 10.8 or 10.9 with Parallels Desktop | | Yes | Commercial |
ASC | Statistical calculation and probability | | | | Maybe | |
ATAC | Sequence alignment Sequence assembly validation | | Linux | | Maybe | |
Atlas Suite | Variant calling | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | POSIX | Ruby C | Yes | BSD |
Atlas-SNP2 | | | UNIX | Ruby | Yes | Freeware |
Avadis NGS | Sequence alignment Visualisation Sequencing quality control Sequence analysis Analysis Biological interpretation | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent PacBio Ion proton | Windows Linux Mac OS X | Java R Python | Yes | Commercial |
Baa.pl | Sequence assembly validation Sequence alignment analysis | Any | any | Perl | Yes | GPL |
Bambino | | | | Java | Maybe | |
Bambus | Scaffolding | | | | Yes | |
BAMseek | Sequence alignment visualisation | Any | Cross-Platform | Java | Yes | GPLv3 |
BamTools | Sequence alignment analysis | | Cross-Platform | C++ | Yes | MIT |
BamView | Visualisation | | Mac OS X UNIX Windows | Java | Maybe | GPL |
Barcode generator | DNA barcoding | Illumina | | Python | Maybe | |
Barcrawl Bartab | DNA barcoding | 454 | | | Maybe | GPL |
BarraCUDA | Read mapping Sequence alignment | Illumina ABI SOLiD | Linux | C C++ CUDA | Yes | GPLv3 MIT |
Batman | | | | Java | No | LGPL |
BayesCall | Base-calling | Illumina | | C++ Python | No | GPLv3 |
BayesPeak | Statistical calculation | Illumina | | R | Yes | GPL |
BaySeq | Differential expression analysis | Illumina | | R | Yes | |
BBMap | Read mapping Sequence alignment Sequence contamination filtering Sequence trimming RNA-Seq analysis | Sanger Illumina 454 Ion Torrent PacBio | Windows
Mac OS X all supporting JVM | Java 7 | Yes | BSD |
BBSeq | | | | R | Maybe | |
Bcbio-nextgen | Read mapping Sequence alignment Peak calling Sequence motif recognition Genotyping Sequencing quality control Differential expression analysis Sequence trimming Filtering Genomic region matching | | platform-independent | Python | Yes | MIT |
BEADS | Standardisation and normalisation | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
BEAP | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | |
BEDTools | Mapping | | Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | GPLv2 |
Bedutils | | | | | Maybe | |
Belvu | Sequence alignment visualisation | | Linux | | Maybe | |
BFAST | Read mapping Sequence alignment Genome indexing | ABI SOLiD Helicos 454 Illumina | Solaris UNIX | C | Yes | GPL |
BFCounter | K-mer counting | | | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
BigBWA | Read mapping Sequence alignment Mapping | Illumina ABI SOLiD SOLiD Ion Torrent Ion proton | Linux 64 | Java | Yes | GPLv3 |
BING | Base-calling Sequencing quality control | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
BioJava | | | | Java | Yes | LGPL 2.1 |
Bionimbus | | | Linux Amazon EC2 cloud | | Yes | |
BioNumerics | Sequence assembly Read mapping Sequence alignment Annotation Genome visualisation Variant calling Comparative genomics Workflows | Sanger Illumina Ion Torrent PacBio | Windows 7 or Higher | | Yes | Commercial |
BioPerl | | | Cross-Platform | Perl | Yes | |
BioPHP | | | | PHP | Yes | GPLv2 |
Biopieces | Sequence alignment Visualisation Sequencing quality control Sequence analysis | | | Perl Python Ruby C | Yes | GPLv2 |
Biopython | Sequence parsing | | Linux Windows Mac OS X | Python | Yes | Biopython License (MIT/BSD style) |
BioRuby | | | Cross-Platform | Ruby | Yes | |
BioSmalltalk | Sequence parsing | | Linux Windows Mac OS X | Smalltalk | Yes | |
BiQ Analyzer | | | Windows Linux Mac OS X Solaris | Java | Yes | |
BiQ Analyzer HT | | | Windows Linux Mac OS X Solaris | Java | Yes | |
Bis-SNP | Bisulfite mapping SNP calling Methylation calling | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | Java Perl | Yes | MIT |
Bismark | Read mapping Bisulfite mapping Methylation calling | | Linux Mac OS X Windows | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
Bison | Read mapping Bisulfite mapping Methylation calling | | Unix-like Linux Mac OS X | C | Yes | |
BLAST | Sequence analysis | | Linux | | Yes | |
BLAST Ring Image Generator | Visualisation Sequence assembly visualisation | | Cross-Platform | | Yes | |
BLAT | Read mapping Sequence alignment | | Linux Mac OS X | C | Maybe | Freeware |
Blixem | Sequence alignment visualisation | | Linux | | Maybe | GPL |
BOAT | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | GPL |
Bort | | Any | any | Perl | Yes | |
BOW | | | | | Maybe | |
Bowtie | Read mapping Genome indexing (Burrows-Wheeler) | | Mac OS X Linux Windows | | Yes | |
BRAT | Bisulfite mapping Mapping | Illumina | | | Maybe | GPLv3 |
BRCA-diagnostic | | | | Perl | Maybe | |
BreakDancer | | | | Perl C++ | Maybe | GPLv3 |
Breakpointer | Statistical calculation | | | C++ Perl | Yes | GPL |
BreakSeq | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | |
BreakTrans | Post-analysis | | | | Maybe | |
Breakway | SNP calling Sequence analysis | ABI SOLiD Illumina 454 Sanger | Linux Mac OS X Windows | Perl | Yes | GPL |
BS Seeker | Bisulfite mapping | | | Python | Maybe | |
BS-Seq | Bisulfite mapping | | | | Maybe | |
BSMAP | Read mapping Bisulfite mapping | | Linux 64 | C++ | Maybe | GPLv3 |
BSSim | Modelling and simulation | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | UNIX Linux Mac OS X Windows | Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
Btrim | Sequence trimming | | Linux | | Yes | |
BWA | Read mapping | Sanger Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | UNIX | C | Yes | GPLv3 MIT |
BWA-SW | Read mapping | Sanger Illumina 454 | UNIX | C | Yes | GPLv3 MIT |
CABOG | Sequence assembly | Sanger 454 Illumina | Linux | | Yes | |
CANGS | Sequencing quality control Sequence trimming Primer removal | 454 | | Perl | Yes | |
CARPET | Genotyping | | | C++ | No | |
CASHX | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | |
CATCH | Sequence alignment Clustering | | | Java | Yes | Open Source |
CatchAll | | | | | Yes | |
CEQer | | Any | Windows Mac Linux | C# | Yes | GPLv3 |
CexoR | Peak calling | Illumina HiSeq 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent Illumina Solexa Illumina | Linux Mac OS X Windows | R | Yes | GPL-2 + file LICENSE |
CGA Tools | File reformatting | Complete Genomics | Linux UNIX Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | Apache License 2.0 |
CHiCAGO | Peak calling | Any | Linux OSX | R Python | Yes | Artistic-2.0 |
ChimeraScan | | | | | Maybe | |
ChIP-Seq (application) | Read mapping Peak calling | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | C Perl | Yes | GPL |
ChIPmeta | Peak calling | | | | Maybe | |
ChIPMunk | Sequence motif comparison Sequence motif discovery | | platform-independent | Java | Yes | Freeware |
CHiPSeq | Peak calling | | | | Maybe | |
ChIPseqR | | | | R | Maybe | |
Chipster | Read mapping Peak calling Sequence motif recognition Genome visualisation Sequencing quality control Differential expression analysis Sequence trimming Pathway or network analysis Methylation analysis | | platform-independent | Java R | Yes | GPLv3 |
ChromaSig | Sequence motif recognition | | | Perl C | Maybe | |
ChromHMM | Statistical calculation | | | Java | Yes | GPLv3 |
Circos | Visualisation | | Windows Linux | Perl | Yes | |
CisGenome | Sequence motif recognition Gibbs sampling Integrated solution Data retrieval | | UNIX Windows | C C++ | Yes | |
Cistrome | | | | Python | Yes | |
CLCbio Genomics Workbench | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) Read mapping Sequence alignment Ab-initio gene prediction Adapter removal Annotation Bisulfite mapping SNP calling Heat map generation Sequence assembly validation | 454 Illumina ABI SOLiD Helicos Sanger Ion Torrent | Windows Mac OS X Linux | Java C++ | Yes | Commercial |
Clean reads | Sequencing quality control Sequence trimming | | | Python | Maybe | |
CleaveLand | | | | Perl R | Yes | Freeware |
CLEVER | | Any Illumina | any | C++ Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
ClipCrop | | | | | Maybe | |
CloudAligner | Read mapping Hadoop | | cloud | Java | Maybe | GPL |
CloudBurst | Read mapping | | | Java | No | |
ClustDB | | | Linux | | Maybe | |
Cluster Flow | Analysis pipeline | | Linux | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
CNANorm | Peak calling Standardisation and normalisation | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X Windows | R Perl | Yes | GPLv2 |
CNAseg | | | | R | Maybe | |
CNB MetaGenomics tools | | 454 Illumina | Linux Unix-like POSIX | Bash Perl Python C | Yes | EU-GPL |
CnD | | | | D | Maybe | GPL |
CNVer | | | | Perl C++ | Yes | |
CnvHMM | | Illumina | Linux | | No | |
CNVkit | Variant calling | Illumina | GNU/Linux Mac OS X | Python | Yes | BSD |
CNVnator | | | | | Maybe | |
CNVseq | | | | Perl R | Maybe | |
CompreheNGSive | Visualisation | | Mac OS X Linux | Python Qt | Yes | LGPL |
CoNAn-SNV | | | | C | Maybe | |
ConDeTri | Sequence trimming | Illumina | | Perl | Yes | |
ContEst | Sequencing quality control | | | Java | Maybe | BSD |
Contra | | Illumina | Linux 64 Linux | Python R | Yes | GPLv3 |
Contrail | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) Hadoop | | | | Yes | |
CopySeq | | Illumina | Mac OS X Linux | Java R | Yes | |
Coral | Sequence error correction | | | C++ | Yes | |
CORAL (Contig Ordering Algorithm) | Sequence error correction | | | Java | Maybe | |
Cortex | Sequence assembly Variant calling | | | C | Yes | GPLv3 |
CPTRA | | | | Python | Maybe | |
CRAC | Read mapping Genome indexing (Burrows-Wheeler) | Illumina 454 Ion Torrent | Linux Linux 64 Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | CeCILL |
CRAVAT | Annotation Variant prioritisation SNP annotation Variant classification Sequence annotation | | Web Linux | | Yes | |
CRISP | | | | Python | Maybe | |
Crossbow | Read mapping | | | | Yes | |
CUDA-EC | Sequencing quality control | | | C | Maybe | |
Cufflinks | Read mapping Transcriptome assembly Differential expression analysis | Illumina 454 Ion Torrent Illumina HiSeq Illumina Solexa | | | Yes | Boost |
CummeRbund | Visualisation | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
Curtain | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | | | Maybe | Apache License 2.0 |
Cutadapt | | | | Python Cython | Yes | MIT |
DCLIP | Sequence alignment analysis | NGS | UNIX Unix-like | Perl C | Yes | |
DecGPU | Sequence error correction | | Linux | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
DeconSeq | Sequence contamination filtering | Sanger 454 Ion Torrent PacBio | UNIX Mac OS X | Perl C | Yes | GPLv3 |
DeepTools | Visualisation Conversion Standardisation and normalisation | Illumina HiSeq 454 Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
DeFuse | | | | | Yes | |
DEGseq | Differentially expressed gene identification | | | R | Yes | |
DESeq | Sequencing quality control Statistical testing | | UNIX Windows Mac OS X | R | Yes | GPLv3 |
DIAL | | | Linux | C Python | Maybe | MIT |
DiBayes | | | | | Maybe | GPL |
DiffBind | Differential binding sites | Illumina ABI SOLiD 454 Any Illumina HiSeq Illumina Solexa | Linux Mac OS X Windows | R | Yes | Artistic-2.0 |
Diffreps | Differential Binding | Illumina ABI SOLiD | Linux Windows Mac OS X | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
Dindel | Localised reassembly | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
DiscoSnp | Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) Read depth analysis | All | Unix-like iOS | C++ | Yes | CeCILL |
DNA Baser | Sequence assembly Sequence analysis Sequence assembly editing | Sanger 454 | Windows | | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
DNA Chromatogram Explorer | File reformatting Chromatogram visualisation | Sanger | Windows | | Yes | Freeware |
DNAA | Sequencing quality control Modelling and simulation Statistical calculation | ABI SOLiD Illumina 454 | | | Maybe | GPL |
DNaseR | Peak calling Nucleic acid sequence feature detection | Illumina HiSeq 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent Illumina Solexa Illumina | Linux Mac OS X Windows | R | Yes | GPL-2 + file LICENSE |
DNAzip | File reformatting | | | C++ | Maybe | |
DrFAST | | ABI SOLiD | | | Maybe | |
DSAP | | | browser based | | Maybe | |
DSGseq | Statistical calculation Differential expression analysis RNA-Seq analysis | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent | Linux Windows Mac OS X | C R | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
DSRC | File reformatting | | | | Maybe | |
E-miR | | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
Ea-utils | Sequencing quality control Sequence trimming | | | C++ | Yes | MIT |
EagleView | Sequence assembly visualisation | | | | Maybe | |
EagleView genome viewer | Visualisation | | Linux Windows Mac OS X | | No | |
EaSeq | Visualisation Peak calling Viewer Clustering Integrated solution Genome visualisation Analysis Biological interpretation Regression analysis Correlation Filtering Genomic region matching Format conversion Read summarisation Enrichment Global test Visualisation Quality assessement And more... | Any HTS | Windows 7 or Higher | | Yes | Freeware Custom Licence |
Easyfig | Comparative genomics | Any | Windows Mac OS X GNU/Linux | Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
EBCall | | | | | Maybe | |
ECHO | Sequence error correction | | | Python C++ | Maybe | BSD |
EDENA | Sequence assembly | | | | Maybe | |
EdgeR | Statistical calculation | Illumina ABI SOLiD 454 Any | Windows Mac OS X UNIX | R | Yes | LGPL |
ELAND | Sequence alignment | | | | Maybe | Commercial |
EMBF | Mapping | | | | Maybe | |
Epigenome | Bisulfite mapping | | | R Python | Yes | |
EpiGRAPH | Statistical calculation | | browser based | | Yes | |
ERANGE | | | | Python | Yes | |
ERDS | | | | | Maybe | |
ERGO Genome Analysis and Discovery System | Sequence alignment SNP detection SNP annotation Gene expression analysis Pathway or network analysis Sequence annotation Sequence functional annotation Metabolic network modelling | Sanger Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent | Web | | Yes | Commercial |
ERNE | Read mapping Bisulfite mapping | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X Windows | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
Error Correction Evaluation Toolkit | Sequencing quality control | Illumina 454 Ion Torrent | POSIX | Python Perl | Maybe | |
Est2assembly | Sequence assembly | Sanger 454 | | | Maybe | |
ESTcalc | | | | Perl | Maybe | |
EULER | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) | | Linux | C++ Perl | Maybe | |
ExomeCNV | | | | R | Maybe | |
ExomeCopy | | | Linux Windows Mac OS X | R | Yes | GPL 2.0+ |
ExomePicks | | | | | Maybe | |
Exonerate | Sequence alignment | Any | Linux | C | Yes | GPL |
FAAST | Read mapping | 454 | Linux | | Maybe | |
FaBox | | all | | | Maybe | |
FACS | | Any | Linux | Perl f | Yes | GPLv2 |
Falcon | Sequence assembly | PacBio | | | Yes | |
FAST: Fast Analysis of Sequences Toolbox | Sequence analysis Sequence parsing | | GNU/Linux Mac OS X | | Yes | |
FastQ Screen | Read mapping Sequencing quality control | Illumina ABI SOLiD | Linux Mac OS X Windows | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
FastQC | Sequencing quality control | Illumina ABI SOLiD | UNIX Windows | Java | Yes | GPLv3 |
FastQValidator | Sequencing quality control | | | C++ | Maybe | |
FDM | | | | | Yes | |
FeatureCounts | Read summarisation | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent | Linux 64 Mac OS X Mac OS X; x86 64 | R C | Yes | GPLv3 |
FHiTINGS | Sequence alignment | | Cross-Platform | Python | Yes | |
Figaro | K-mer counting | Sanger | UNIX | C++ Perl | Maybe | Artistic License |
Filter | Sequence contamination filtering | Illumina 454 | Linux 64 Windows Mac OS X | Java | Yes | Custom Licence |
FindPeaks 3.1 | Peak calling | Illumina | | | Yes | GPLv3 |
FindPeaks 4.0 (Vancouver Short Read Package) | Peak calling Formatting Sequence alignment analysis | | Linux Windows Mac OS X | Java | Yes | GPL |
FLASH | Sequence assembly Read pre-processing | | Linux 64 | C | Maybe | Open Source |
Flexbar | Adapter removal Sequence trimming DNA barcoding Quality control Read pre-processing | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | Linux Windows Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
Flower | | Ion Torrent 454 | | Haskell | Maybe | |
FlowSim | Sequence error correction Modelling and simulation | 454 | | Haskell | Maybe | |
Flux | Modelling and simulation | | | | Maybe | |
Forge | Sequence assembly | | | | Yes | |
FragGeneScan | | | | C Perl | Maybe | GPL |
FrameDP | | | | | Maybe | |
FreClu | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | |
Freebayes | | | | | Yes | MIT |
FREEC | | | Linux Linux 64 Windows | | Maybe | |
FusionAnalyser | | Illumina | Windows Linux | C# | Yes | GPLv3 |
FusionCatcher | Sequence alignment | Illumina HiSeq/NextSeq/MiSeq/Solexa |
| Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
FusionHunter | | | Linux Linux 64 | Perl C | Maybe | |
FusionMap | Split-read mapping | | Windows Linux Linux 64 | C# | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
FusionSeq | Sequence alignment analysis | Any | Mac OS X UNIX Linux | C | Yes | Creative Commons - Attribution; Non-commercial 2.5 |
Fuzzypath | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) | | | | Maybe | |
G-Mo.R-Seq | | | Linux | | Yes | CeCILL |
G-SQZ | File reformatting | | | C++ | Maybe | |
Galaxy | Sequence assembly Sequence alignment Visualisation Sequencing quality control | | Cross-Platform | Python | Yes | |
Galign | Read mapping | Illumina | | | Maybe | GPL |
Gambit | Visualisation | | | | Yes | GPL 2.0+ Commercial |
GAMES | SNP detection Indel detection SNP annotation | Illumina | Linux | Perl | Maybe | |
GASSST | Sequence alignment Mapping | | Linux | C++ | Yes | CeCILL |
GASV | | | | | Yes | GPLv3 |
GATK | Localised reassembly Statistical calculation | | | Java Python | Yes | |
GBrowse | Visualisation | Any | Linux Mac OS X Windows | Perl | Yes | Open Source |
GeeFu | Sequence assembly | | | Ruby | Maybe | |
GEM | Peak calling Sequence motif discovery | Illumina HiSeq Illumina Solexa | Cross-Platform | Java | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
GEM library | Read mapping | | | C Python OCaml | No | GPLv3 |
GENALICE MAP | Read mapping Variant calling | Illumina HiSeq X Ten | Linux | | Yes | Commercial |
GENE-Counter | | | Linux Mac OS X | | Yes | |
Genedata Expressionist | Read mapping Sequence alignment Annotation Bisulfite mapping Clustering Genome visualisation Sequencing quality control Sequence analysis Statistical calculation Gene expression analysis RNA-Seq analysis | Any | Windows Linux | Java | Yes | Commercial |
Geneious | Sequence assembly Read mapping Sequence alignment Visualisation Annotation Sequence assembly validation Genome visualisation Variant calling DNA barcoding Sequence motif discovery | Sanger Illumina ABI SOLiD 454 | Windows Mac OS X Linux Solaris | Java | Yes | Commercial |
GeneProf | Read mapping Visualisation Peak calling Sequencing quality control Differential expression analysis | Illumina Illumina HiSeq Illumina Solexa | browser based | Java JavaScript | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
GeneTalk | Annotation Sequence contamination filtering Sequence analysis Variant calling Genetic variation analysis Plotting and rendering Exome analysis Variant classification | | | Ruby JavaScript | Yes | Freemium |
Genomatix Mining Station (GMS) | Sequence assembly Read mapping SNP calling Correlation | Illumina ABI SOLiD Helicos 454 | Windows Mac OS X Linux | C++ Java Flash | Yes | Commercial |
Genome Trax | | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | | | Yes | Commercial |
GenomeBrowse | Visualisation Sequence assembly visualisation Sequence alignment visualisation | Illumina ABI SOLiD Sanger 454 Ion Torrent | Windows Linux Mac OS X | | Yes | |
Genomedata | Signal | Any | Linux Mac OS X | Python C | Yes | GPL |
GenomeJack | Visualisation | Sanger Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | Windows Mac OS X Linux | Java | Yes | Freeware |
GenomeMapper | Read mapping Sequence alignment | | | | Maybe | |
Genometa | Read mapping Visualisation | Any | Linux Mac OS X Windows | Java | Yes | |
GenomeTools | | | POSIX Linux Mac OS X OpenBSD Windows (Cygwin) UNIX | C | Yes | BSD |
GenomeView | Visualisation Data retrieval Genome visualisation Sequence alignment visualisation Plotting and rendering | Any | platform-independent | Java | Yes | GPL |
GenomicTools | Peak calling Heat map generation Genome comparison | | | C C++ | Yes | GPLv2 |
GenoMiner | Sequence assembly Sequence alignment Peak calling Sequence error correction Plotting and rendering Mutation detection Gene expression profiling | Any | Linux | Java | Yes | Commercial |
GenoREAD | Sequence assembly Read mapping Sequence alignment | Sanger | Linux 64 | Perl PHP JavaScript | Yes | |
GenoViewer | Viewer | Any | platform-independent | Java | Maybe | Freeware |
GensearchNGS | Sequence alignment Sequence alignment visualisation Read alignment Variant prioritisation Mutation detection | 454 Illumina Ion Torrent | UNIX Windows | Java | Yes | Commercial |
GenVision | Visualisation | | Windows Mac OS X | | Yes | Commercial |
Geoseq | Read mapping | | | | Yes | |
GigaBayes | SNP calling | | | | No | |
GimmeMotifs | Sequence motif comparison | Any | Linux | Python | Yes | MIT |
Girafe | Sequence alignment | | | R | Maybe | |
Gk arrays | Sequence assembly Read mapping Sequence error correction | Illumina 454 Sanger | Linux Linux 64 Mac OS X any | C++ | Yes | CeCILL-C license |
GlobalSeq | Omnibus test Global test Joint significance test | | cross-platform | R | Yes | GPL-3 |
GMAP | Read mapping Sequence alignment | | UNIX | C Bourne shell | Yes | |
Gnumap | Read mapping | Illumina | | C++ | Yes | |
Goby framework | File reformatting | Illumina ABI SOLiD 454 | | Java | Yes | GPLv2 |
Golden Helix | Annotation Genome visualisation Sequencing quality control Sequence contamination filtering Variant calling Statistical calculation Collapsing methods Variant classification | Illumina Ion Torrent Affymetrix Complete Genomics Sanger Agilent Roche NimbleGen ABI SOLiD | Windows Linux Mac OS X | | Yes | |
Goseq | Gene set testing | Illumina ABI SOLiD | UNIX Windows | R | Yes | LGPL |
Gowinda | Ontology comparison Functional enrichment Genome-wide association study | | Mac OS X Linux Windows | Java | Yes | Mozilla Public License |
GPS | Peak calling | | Cross-Platform | Java | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
GPSeq | | | | R C | Maybe | |
GRIDSS | Sequence assembly Split-read mapping Read alignment Assembly Whole genome breakend assembly | Illumina | Cross-Platform | Java | Yes | GPLv3 |
GRS | File reformatting | | Linux Linux 64 | C Bourne shell | Maybe | Commercial Freeware |
GSNAP | Read mapping Bisulfite mapping | | | C Perl | Maybe | |
Hairpin Annotation | | Illumina 454 | Linux 64 Windows Mac OS X | Java | Yes | Custom Licence |
Haplowser | Visualisation Haplotype inference | Any | | Java | No | GPL |
HawkEye | Sequence assembly visualisation | | Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | Artistic License |
HeliSphere | Mapping | Helicos | Linux | | Yes | Freeware |
HI | Haplotype reconstruction | Illumina | | Java | No | |
Hicup | Read mapping | Illumina Ion Torrent | UNIX Linux Mac OS X | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
HINT | Peak calling Nucleic acid sequence feature detection | all | Unix-like | Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
HiPipe | Read mapping Variant calling Workflows | Sanger Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent | platform-independent | JavaScript Java Bash | Yes | |
HiTEC | Sequence error correction | Illumina | Linux | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
HMMSplicer | | | | Python | Maybe | |
HPeak | | | | | Maybe | |
HTSeq | | | | Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
Hybrid-SHREC | Sequence error correction | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | | Java | Maybe | |
IBD2 | | | | R Java | Maybe | |
Ibis | Base-calling | | Linux Windows (Cygwin) | Python C C++ | Yes | Non-commercial |
ICORN | Sequence assembly Sequencing quality control | | | | Maybe | |
IDBA | Sequence assembly | Illumina | POSIX Linux Linux 64 | | Maybe | |
IGV | Visualisation | | Windows Mac OS X Linux | Java | Yes | LGPL |
Illuminate | Sequencing quality control | Illumina Illumina HiSeq | Unix-like | Python | Yes | MIT |
Illuminator | | Illumina | | | Yes | |
IMAGE | Sequence assembly editing | Illumina | | | No | |
Inchworm | | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
InGAP | Read mapping Sequence assembly visualisation | | | | Maybe | |
Ingenuity Variant Analysis | Variant classification | Any | | | Maybe | |
Integrated Genome Browser | Visualisation | Sanger Illumina Affymetrix 454 | platform-independent | Java | Yes | Open Source |
Iobio | Visualisation | Any | | | Yes | |
IOmics | Sequence assembly Sequence alignment Ab-initio gene prediction Variant calling MiRNA analysis Exome analysis | Illumina | cloud | | Yes | Commercial |
IQSeq | | | | C++ | Maybe | |
ISAAC | | | Linux 64 | C++ | Yes | |
Isas | Sequence alignment | | Linux | | Yes | |
IsoEM | Expectation Maximisation | | | Java | Maybe | |
ISSAKE | Sequence assembly | Illumina | | Perl Python | No | GPLv2 |
JBrowse | Visualisation | | browser based | Perl JavaScript | Yes | Open Source |
Jellyfish | | | Linux 64 Mac OS X | C++ | Maybe | GPLv3 |
JointSLM | | | | R | Maybe | |
KARMA | Read mapping | ABI SOLiD 454 Illumina | | | Maybe | |
KBASE | Annotation | | Linux | | Yes | |
Kismeth | Bisulfite mapping | | | | Maybe | |
Kissnp | Sequence assembly Sequence assembly (de-novo assembly) Data retrieval | Illumina 454 | Linux | C | Yes | CeCILL |
Kmergenie | Sequence assembly | Illumina | | C++ Python R | Yes | |
KNIME | Workflows | | Windows Mac OS X Linux | | Maybe | GPLv3 |
Knime4Bio | Data retrieval | | any | Java | Yes | GPLv3 |
Krona | Visualisation | | Linux UNIX Mac OS X | JavaScript Perl | Yes | |
Lab7 | Workflows | Any | Mac OS X Linux | Python JavaScript | Yes | Commercial |
Lasergene | Sequence assembly Read mapping Sequence alignment Peak calling Annotation Sequence analysis Scaffolding Sequence alignment analysis Chromatogram visualisation PCR primer design | 454 Sanger | Windows XP Windows 7 or Higher Mac OS X 10.7 10 8 or 10.9 | | Yes | Commercial |
LAST | Sequence alignment | | | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
LASTZ | Read mapping Sequence alignment | | Mac OS X Linux | | Maybe | |
LobSTR | Repeat sequence organisation analysis | Illumina | UNIX | C++ R Python | Yes | Freeware |
LOCAS | Sequence assembly | | Linux | C++ | Maybe | |
LookSeq | Sequence assembly visualisation | | | | Maybe | |
LSKB, Life Science Knowledge Bank | Annotation SNP calling Sequence analysis Differential expression analysis Pathway or network analysis Classification Analysis pipeline Functional analysis | | | | Yes | |
MACS | Peak calling | | platform-independent | Python | Yes | Artistic License |
MagicViewer | Visualisation SNP calling | Illumina | platform-independent | Java | Yes | |
MapDamage | Sequencing quality control Statistical calculation | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | Python R | Yes | |
MapNext | Sequence alignment | | | C++ Perl | Maybe | |
Mapsembler | Sequence assembly Read mapping | Illumina 454 | Linux | C | Yes | CeCILL |
MapSplice | Mapping | | Linux | C++ Python | Yes | |
MapView | Visualisation | | Linux Windows | | No | |
MAQ | Read mapping | | | C++ Perl | No | GPL |
MAQGene | Read mapping Integrated solution | | | | Maybe | |
MARGARITA | | | | | Maybe | |
Mason | Sequence assembly Mapping Modelling and simulation | Illumina 454 Sanger | UNIX Windows | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
Mauve | Visualisation Sequence assembly validation Sequence alignment comparison | Any | Mac OS X Windows Linux | C++ Java | Yes | GPL |
MAXIMUS | Sequence assembly | Any | | | Yes | |
MAYDAY | Visualisation | | | | Maybe | |
Meerkat | | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
MEGAN | | | | | Maybe | Commercial Freeware |
Megraft | Sequence analysis | 454 ABI SOLiD Illumina Ion Torrent Sanger | Linux UNIX Mac OS X | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
Meraculous | Sequence assembly | | | Perl C | Maybe | |
METAGENassist | Visualisation Statistical calculation Sequence clustering | | | | Yes | |
Metagenome@Kin | Species frequency estimation Statistical analysis | | | | Yes | |
MetaSim | Sequence assembly Mapping Modelling and simulation | 454 Illumina Sanger | | Java | Maybe | Commercial Freeware |
Metaxa | Sequence analysis Hidden Markov Model | 454 ABI SOLiD Illumina Ion Torrent Sanger | Linux UNIX Mac OS X | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
MethMarker | | | Windows Linux Mac OS X Solaris | Java | Yes | |
Methpipe | Bisulfite mapping | Illumina Illumina HiSeq Illumina Solexa | Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | GPL (>= 3) |
MethylCoder | Read mapping Bisulfite mapping | Illumina | Linux Linux 64 Mac OS X | Python C | Yes | BSD |
MetMap | | | | | Maybe | |
MeV | Visualisation Differential expression analysis Sequence clustering Classification | | | | Yes | Artistic License |
MG-RAST | Annotation | Sanger 454 Ion Torrent PacBio Illumina | UNIX | Perl C GO JavaScript Python | Yes | |
MicroRazerS | Read mapping | | Linux | C++ | No | |
Microsoft Biology Foundation | | | | C# | Maybe | |
MICSA | Sequence motif comparison | | | | Maybe | |
Minia | Sequence assembly | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | CeCILL |
MIP Scaffolder | Scaffolding | ABI SOLiD Illumina | Linux | C++ Perl | Yes | |
MIRA | Sequence assembly Read mapping Local sequence alignment K-mer counting Graph reduction Learning algorithm | Sanger Illumina 454 PacBio Ion Torrent | Linux Mac OS X UNIX | C++ | Yes | GPL |
MiRanalyzer | | | browser based | Java Perl | Maybe | |
MiRCat | MicroRNA detection | Illumina 454 | Linux 64 Windows Mac OS X | Java | Yes | Custom Licence |
MiRDeep | | Illumina 454 | | Perl | Yes | |
MiRNAkey | | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | Java Perl | No | |
MiRProf | MicroRNA detection | Illumina 454 | Linux 64 Windows Mac OS X | Java | Yes | Custom Licence |
MiRspring | | | | Perl JavaScript | Yes | GNU |
MirTools | | Illumina 454 | | Perl PHP | Yes | |
MirTrios | Read mapping Variant calling De novo mutation detection | Any sequencing platform | Linux | Perl PHP JavaScript | Yes | |
MISO | | Any | | | Yes | |
Mlgt | Sequence error correction Sequence contamination filtering Sequence analysis Read alignment DNA barcoding | 454 | Windows UNIX Mac OS X | R | Yes | GPL >=2 |
MMSEQ | | | Mac OS X Linux 64 | C++ | Yes | |
MochiView | Genome visualisation Sequence motif comparison | | Linux Mac OS X Windows | Java | Maybe | |
MoDIL | | Illumina | | Python | Yes | |
MOM | Read mapping | Illumina | | | No | |
MOSAIK | Sequence assembly | | Windows Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | Commercial GPLv2 |
MotifLab | Visualisation Peak calling Genome visualisation Sequence contamination filtering Sequence motif discovery Format conversion | | platform-independent | Java | Yes | Freeware |
MPscan | Read mapping | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Maybe | |
MrBayes | Statistical calculation | | Cross-Platform | | Yes | |
MrCaNaVaR | Read depth analysis | Illumina | POSIX | C | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
MrFAST | Read alignment | Illumina | UNIX | C | Yes | BSD |
MrsFAST | Mapping Read alignment | Illumina | UNIX | C | Yes | BSD |
MTR | | | | C++ Matlab | Maybe | |
MU2A | SNP annotation | | Windows Linux Mac OS X | Java | No | Apache License 2.0 |
MultiPSQ | Peak calling Classification Peptide mass fingerprint | Pyrosequencing (QIAGEN) | Windows Linux | C++ | Maybe | LGPLv3 |
MultiQC | Quality control | Any | Windows Mac OS X Linux | Python | Yes | GPLv3 |
MUMmer | Read mapping Sequence alignment | Any | Linux | | Yes | Artistic License |
MUMmerGPU | Sequence alignment | Any | | | Maybe | |
MuMRescueLite | Mapping | | | Python | No | MIT |
MuSICA 2 | Sequence assembly | | | Perl | Maybe | |
Mutascope | Variant calling Analysis pipeline | Illumina ABI SOLiD MiSeq | UNIX | Perl | Yes | |
MuTect | SNP calling | | | | Maybe | |
Myrialign | Read mapping Sequence alignment | | | | Maybe | |
Myrna | | | | | Maybe | |
Mzip | File reformatting | | | | Maybe | |
NarrowPeaks | Peak calling Differential Binding | Illumina HiSeq 454 ABI SOLiD Ion Torrent Illumina Solexa Illumina | Linux Mac OS X Windows | R | Yes | Artistic-2.0 |
NCBI Genome Workbench | Visualisation Genome visualisation | | Cross-Platform | | Yes | |
Nephele | Functional analysis Taxonomic profiling Metagenomic Assembly | Roche Illumina | | | Yes | |
Nesoni | Sequence alignment | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | | Python | Yes | |
Newbler | Sequence assembly Read mapping | 454 Sanger Ion Torrent | Linux 64 | C++ | Yes | Unknown |
Nexalign | Read mapping | 454 ABI SOLiD Illumina | UNIX | C++ R | No | GPL |
NextGen Utility Scripts | | 454 Illumina ABI SOLiD | | | Yes | |
NextGENe | | Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | Windows | C++ | Yes | Commercial |
Ngs backbone | Sequence assembly Read mapping | Sanger Illumina 454 | UNIX | | Yes | AGPL |
NGS-DesignTools | Haplotype inference Modelling and simulation | | | | Maybe | |
Ngs-pipeline | Read mapping Sequence annotation | Illumina ABI SOLiD | Linux | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
Ngs.plot | Visualisation | Any sequencing platform | All | R Python | Yes | GPL (>= 3) |
NGSUtils | Formatting Sequencing quality control Sequence contamination filtering Variant calling Read pre-processing | Illumina ABI SOLiD | Linux Mac OS X | Python | Yes | GPL |
NGSView | Sequence assembly visualisation | | | | Maybe | |
NOISeq | Differential expression analysis | Any | | | Maybe | |
NovelSeq | Sequence assembly Read mapping Variant calling | Illumina | UNIX | C | Yes | BSD |
Novocraft | Read mapping | Illumina ABI SOLiD Helicos | Mac OS X Linux 64 | C++ | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
NPS | | | | Python | No | |
NucleR | Peak calling Annotation | Illumina 454 SOLiD Ion Torrent Illumina HiSeq | Cross-Platform | R | Yes | LGPLv3 |
Oases | | Illumina ABI SOLiD 454 | | C | Yes | GPLv3 |
Oasis | Read mapping Differential expression analysis | Illumina | all supporting JVM | JavaScript Perl Java Python Bash C | Yes | |
ODIN | Peak calling | NGS | tested for Linux (Ubuntu) | Python | Yes | |
OLego | Read mapping Sequence alignment | Illumina | Linux Linux 64 Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
Omixon Variant Toolkit | Sequence assembly Read mapping Sequence alignment | Illumina Ion Torrent ABI SOLiD 454 | interoperable | | Yes | Commercial Freeware |
Optimus Primer | PCR primer design | | | | Maybe | |
PacBio conversion tools | File reformatting | PacBio | | Java R Python | Yes | |
PaCGeE | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | Commercial |
PALMA | Sequence alignment | | | | Maybe | |
PALMapper | Read mapping | | | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
PanGEA | | 454 | | Perl | Maybe | Mozilla Public License |
PARalyzer | | | | Java | Maybe | Commercial Freeware |
Partek Genomics Suite | | | | | Yes | |
PASH | Sequence alignment Bisulfite mapping | | | | Maybe | |
PASS | Sequence alignment | | Linux Windows | C++ | Maybe | |
Patchwork | | ABI SOLiD Illumina Complete Genomics | Linux Mac OS X | R | Yes | |
PatMaN | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | |
PE-Assembler | Scaffolding | | | C++ | Yes | |
PeakAnalyzer | | | | Java C++ R | Yes | |
PeakRanger | Peak calling | | Linux Mac OS X | C++ | Yes | Artistic License |
PeakSeq | | | | C Perl | Maybe | |
PeakTrace | Base-calling | Sanger | Windows Mac OS X Linux 64 | C | Yes | Commercial |
PECAN | Sequence alignment | | | | No | |
PEMer | | | | | Maybe | |
PERalign | | | Linux | C++ | Maybe | |
PerM | Read mapping | Illumina ABI SOLiD | Linux | C++ | Yes | Apache License 2.0 |
Phred | Base-calling | Sanger | Solaris IRIX AIX | C | Maybe | |
Phred Phrap Consed Cross match | Sequence assembly Sequence alignment Base-calling Local sequence alignment | Sanger | | | Yes | |
Phymm | | | | | Maybe | |
PiCall | | | | C | Maybe | |
PICS | | | | R | Maybe | |
PileLine | Plotting and rendering | | | Java | Maybe | LGPL |
Pindel | Read mapping Split-read mapping Localised reassembly | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X Windows | C++ | Yes | |
Pipeline Pilot | Read mapping Sequence alignment Sequence analysis Variant calling Comparative genomics Gene expression analysis | Sanger Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD | Linux Windows | C++ Java Perl R Pilot Script | Yes | Commercial |
PIQA | Sequencing quality control | Illumina | | R | Maybe | |
PoissonSeq | Differential expression analysis | Any | | | Yes | |
PolyBayesShort | | | Linux Linux 64 | | Maybe | |
PoolHap | Read mapping Regression analysis | | | | Yes | |
PoPoolation | | | | Perl R | Maybe | |
PoPoolation2 | | | | Perl R | Maybe | |
Post Assembly Genome Improvement Toolkit | Sequence assembly validation | | Linux | | Yes | |
Precrec | | | Windows Mac OS X Unix-like | R | Yes | GPL-3 |
PRICE | Sequence assembly | | | C++ | Yes | |
PRINSEQ | Sequence contamination filtering Sequence trimming Read pre-processing | Sanger Illumina 454 Ion Torrent PacBio | UNIX Mac OS X Windows | Perl | Yes | GPLv3 |
ProbeMatch | Mapping | Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | | No | |
ProbHD | | | | Perl R Python | No | |
Promisec Endpoint Manager | Security Endpoint Management Remediation | | | | Maybe | |
Proxygenes | Read mapping Annotation | | | | Maybe | |
Pybedtools | Read mapping | | Windows (Cygwin) Linux Linux 64 Mac OS X | Python | Yes | GPLv2 |
PyroBayes | Base-calling | 454 | | | No | |
PyroMap | Read mapping | | | Python | Maybe | |
PyroNoise | | 454 | | | Maybe | |
QCALL | | | | | Maybe | |
Qpalma | Sequence alignment | Illumina 454 | | Python C++ | Maybe | |
QRidge | Sequence assembly | Any sequencing platform | | | Maybe | |
QSeq | Sequence alignment Visualisation Peak calling | Roche NimbleGen Illumina 454 ABI SOLiD Helicos Sanger | Windows 7 64-bit or Higher Mac OS X 10.7 10.8 or 10.9 with Parallels Desktop | | Yes | Commercial |
QSRA | Sequence assembly | | | | No | |
QuadGT | SNP calling Variant calling | Any | | Java | Yes | |
Quake | Sequence error correction | Illumina | | | Maybe | |
QualiMap | Sequencing quality control | | | Java R | Maybe | |
QUAST | Visualisation Sequence assembly validation | Any | Linux Mac OS X | Python C Perl | Yes | GPLv2 |
QuEST | | | | C++ | No | GPLv2 |
Quip | File reformatting | | any | C | Yes | BSD (3-clause) |
R2R | Sequence alignment | | | Perl | Maybe | |
R453Plus1Toolbox | | 454 | | R | Yes | |
RACA | | | | | Maybe | |
RApiD | | | | Perl C++ | Maybe | GPLv3 |
RAPSearch | Sequence alignment | | | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
RAST | Genomics Annotation | | | | Yes | |
Ray | Sequence assembly | Illumina 454 | Linux POSIX | C++ | Yes | GPL |
RazerS | Read mapping Local sequence alignment | Sanger Illumina 454 | UNIX Mac OS X Windows | C++ | Yes | GPLv3 |
RDiff | Sequence alignment Differential expression analysis | Illumina HiSeq Illumina Solexa Illumina | Linux Mac OS X | Python Matlab | Yes | Open Source |
RDP Pyrosequencing Pipeline | Sequence alignment Formatting | 454 | browser based | | Maybe | |
Readaligner | Read mapping | | | | Maybe | |
ReadDepth | | | | R | Maybe | Apache License 2.0 |
REAL | Mapping | | Linux | C++ | Maybe | GPLv3 |
Reaper | Adapter removal Sequencing quality control Sequence contamination filtering Sequence trimming DNA barcoding | Illumina 454 | Linux UNIX Mac OS X | C | Yes | GPLv3 |