A fastq file extension is related to the FASTQ format for storing both a biological sequence (usually nucleotide sequence) and its corresponding quality scores.

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FASTQ file extension - FASTQ format

What is fastq file? How to open fastq files?

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The fastq file extension is associated with the FASTQ, a text-based format for storing both a biological sequence (usually nucleotide sequence) and its corresponding quality scores, developed by Welcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Updated: April 7, 2024

The default software associated to open fastq file:

Sublime Text icon

Sublime Text  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Sublime HQ Pty Ltd

Sublime Text is advanced text editor used to write source codes in various programming languages. It is a great tool for programmers and offers great feature and performance. It is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems.

Help how to open:

You can use any text editor to view content of FASTQ files.

How to convert:

Probably cannot be converted to other formats.

Find conversions from fastq file:

fastq to fasta

fastq to scf

List of software applications associated to the .fastq file extension

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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open fastq file, edit fastq file, convert fastq file, view fastq file, play fastq file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Software that open fastq file - FASTQ format

Programs supporting the exension fastq on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open fastq file action.

Microsoft Windows:

Main software associated with fastq file by default:
Sublime Text small icon Sublime Text
Other suggested software:
NotePad++ text editor small icon NotePad++ text editor
PSPad small icon PSPad
ChromasPro

Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

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