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. 2022 Mar 24;21(1):108–126. doi: 10.1016/j.gpb.2022.02.006

Table 2.

List of CRISPR/Cas outcome analysis tools

Type Name Description Website Web server or standalone tool Ref.
Decoding Sanger sequencing of on-target sites TIDE Quantifying non-templated CRISPR/Cas9 mutations https://tide.nki.nl Web server [103]
TIDER Quantifying the indels of templated CRISPR/Cas9 editing https://tide.nki.nl Web server [105]
EditR Quantifying base editing results https://baseeditr.com/ Standalone tool [159]
Poly peak parser Quantifying heterozygous indels http://yost.genetics.utah.edu/software.php Standalone tool [160]
DSDecode Automatically decoding the sequencing chromatograms http://skl.scau.edu.cn/dsdecode/ Standalone tool [107]
NGS evaluation of targeted amplicon sequences BATCH-GE Detecting the on- and off-target impacts by analyzing deep sequencing data and calculating mutagenesis efficiencies https://github.com/WouterSteyaert/BATCH-GE Standalone tool [115]
CRISPR-GA Quantifying and characterizing indels and homologous recombination events https://crispr-ga.net Web server [108]
CRISPResso2 Enabling the users to analyze, visualize, and compare CRISPR outputs from hundreds of experiments using batch functionality https://crispresso.pinellolab.partners.org/submission Web server [110]
Cas-Analyzer Measuring the frequencies of mutations induced by CRISPR/Cas9 and other programmable nucleases for NGS data analysis http://www.rgenome.net/cas-analyzer/ Web server [109]
CRIS.py Providing a Python-based software to analyze NGS data for both knockout and knock-in (multiple users specified) modifications from one to thousands of samples at once https://github.com/patrickc01/CRIS.py; https://s.stjude.org/video/player.html?videoId=6000021936001 Standalone tool [111]
CRISPRpic Providing precise mutation calling and ultrafast analysis of the sequencing results https://github.com/compbio/CRISPRpic Web server [161]
CRISPR-DAV Providing high-throughput analysis of amplicon-based NGS data https://github.com/pinetree1/crispr-dav Standalone tool [162]
GNL-Scorer Combining optimal datasets, models, and features, to address the cross-species problem https://github.com/TerminatorJ/GNL_Scorer Standalone tool [114]
CrispRVariants Quantifying Sanger sequencing and high-throughput amplicon sequencing https://www.bioconductor.org/packages/CrispRVariants Standalone tool [112]
NGS evaluation of pooled CRISPR/Cas9 libraries CRISPRCloud2 Providing accurately mapping short reads to CRISPR library; statistically aggregating the information across multiple sgRNAs targeting the same gene; providing a user-friendly data visualization and query interface; easy linking with other tools and bioinformatic resources for target preference https://crispr.nrihub.org Web server [125]
CRISPRAnalyzeR Featuring with eight hit calling strategies including DESeq2, MAGeCK, edgeR, sgRSEA, Z-Ratio, Mann-Whitney test, ScreenBEAM, and BAGEL; exploring the pooled CRISR/Cas9 screens https://www.crispr-analyzer.org; https://www.github.com/boutroslab/CRISPRAnalyzeR Standalone tool [123]
PinAPL-Py Providing a comprehensive workflow covering quality control, automated sgRNA sequence extraction and alignment, sgRNA enrichment/depletion analysis, and gene ranking https://pinapl-py.ucsd.edu Web server [124]
MAGeCK Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://bitbucket.org/liulab/mageck/src/master/ Standalone tool [117]
MAGeCK-VISPR Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://bitbucket.org/liulab/mageck-vispr Standalone tool [163]
BAGEL Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://bagel-for-knockout-screens.sourceforge.net/ Standalone tool [121]
HiTSelect Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://github.com/diazlab/HiTSelect Standalone tool [119]
caRpools Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://github.com/boutroslab/caRpools Standalone tool [118]
CHANGE-seq Measuring the genome-wide activity of Cas9 Standalone tool [130]
ScreenBEAM Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://github.com/jyyu/ScreenBEAM Standalone tool [120]
CERES Providing CRISPR screen analysis https://depmap.org/ceres/ Standalone tool [164]
PBNPA Providing analysis of large-scale screens https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PBNPA/ Standalone tool, database [122]
NGS evaluation of off-target effects DISCOVER-Seq Detecting unbiasedly off-targets by precise tracking of MRE11; exploring molecular nature of Cas activity in cell with single-base resolution N/A Standalone tool [129]
HTGTS Providing robust detection of DSBs generated by engineered nucleases based on their translocation to other endogenous or ectopic DSBs weblogo.berkeley.edu Standalone tool [165]
IDLVs Detecting off-target cleavages with a frequency as low as 1%; providing frequent off-target sites up to 13 mismatches between the sgRNA and its genomic target N/A Standalone tool [127]
BLESS Mapping DNA DSBs at nucleotide resolution by detecting telomere ends, Sce endonuclease-induced DSBs, and complex genome-wide DSB landscapes N/A Standalone tool
BLISS Measuring the location and frequency of DSBs in genome by direct labeling of DSBs in fixed cells or tissues; quantifying DSBs through unique molecular identifiers; low input requirement N/A Standalone tool [166]
GUIDE-seq Providing unbiased and global detection of DSBs induced by CRISPR RNA-guided nucleases N/A Standalone tool [69]
GOTI Providing comparison of edited and non-edited cells distinguished by Cre-loxP recombination system https://github.com/sydaileen/GOTI-seq Standalone tool [167]
SITE-Seq Identifying off-targets in vitro by integrating biochemical assay to increase the enrichment of CRISPR/Cas cleavage fragments N/A Standalone tool [168]
Digenome-seq Providing deep sequencing of in vitro Cas9-digested genomes N/A Standalone tool [169]
CRISPR-net Quantifying CRISPR off-target activities with mismatches and indels https://codeocean.com/capsule/9553651/tree/v1 Standalone tool [170]
CIRCLE-seq Providing a sensitive and unbiased in vitro genome-wide off-target identification strategy optimized by using restriction enzyme for circularization of randomly sheared genome DNA N/A Standalone tool [128]
Evaluation and prediction of repair outcomes inDelphi Predicting the mutational outcomes https://www.crisprindelphi.design/ Web server, database [86]
SPROUT Predicting the length, probability, and sequences of indels
caused by CRISPR/Cas gene editing
https://zou-group.github.io/SPROUT Web server [113]

Note: DSB, double strand break; NGS, next-generation sequencing.