| Reviewer name and names of any other individual's who aided in reviewer | Sindiswa Lukhele |
| Do you understand and agree to our policy of having open and named reviews, and having your review included with the published manuscript. (If no, please inform the editor that you cannot review this manuscript.) | Yes |
| Is the language of sufficient quality? | Yes |
| Please add additional comments on language quality to clarify if needed | |
| Is there a clear statement of need explaining what problems the software is designed to solve and who the target audience is? | Yes |
| Additional Comments | The statement of need is clear. Just a few questions: Does the script accommodate users new to AWS and without any form of training? It needs to be indicated in the paper. |
| Is the source code available, and has an appropriate Open Source Initiative license <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses" target="_blank">(https://opensource.org/licenses)</a> been assigned to the code? | Yes |
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| As Open Source Software are there guidelines on how to contribute, report issues or seek support on the code? | Yes |
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| Is the code executable? | Unable to test |
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| Is installation/deployment sufficiently outlined in the paper and documentation, and does it proceed as outlined? | Unable to test |
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| Is the documentation provided clear and user friendly? | Yes |
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| Is there a clearly-stated list of dependencies, and is the core functionality of the software documented to a satisfactory level? | Yes |
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| Have any claims of performance been sufficiently tested and compared to other commonly-used packages? | Not applicable |
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| Is test data available, either included with the submission or openly available via cited third party sources (e.g. accession numbers, data DOIs)? | No |
| Additional Comments | There was no biological data included in the paper. Probably the script needs to be tested using biological data. |
| Are there (ideally real world) examples demonstrating use of the software? | Yes |
| Additional Comments | Please add examples of the script using biological data. |
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| Any Additional Overall Comments to the Author | Overall, the paper is well written. A few things need to be considered, including using biological data as examples of how to run the script. Demonstrating using biological data will assist the user in following through with the examples, especially if there is no available training. |
| Recommendation | Accept |