Command-line tool

trim-galore

brew/trim-galore

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Quality and adapter trimming for FastQ sequencing reads

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install trim-galore

Linux

brew install trim-galore

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