Tools for working with groups FASTQ of files. Major functionality includes:
- Find groups FASTQs (R1/R2/I1/I2) following Illumina filename conventions
- Parsing flowcell information from Illumina FASTQ headers
- High-speed FASTQ I/O (via the
fastqcrate), with careful validation of FASTQ correctness and good error message. - Containers for FASTQ read-pairs (along with index reads), providing access to 'technical' read components like cell barcode and UMI sequences.
- Flexible read trimming inspired by
cutadapt