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circRNA quantification, differential expression analysis and miRNA target prediction of RNA-Seq data

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61
Forks
33
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
31
Avg merge
6h 33m
Merged PRs (30d)
11
Dominant language
Nextflow
License
MIT
Last GitHub push
Oct 8, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 19, 2026
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Contributing guide
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How to contribute to nf-core/circrna

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  4. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

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  • Make local modules and their tests self-contained following nf-core conventions
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

    nf-core/circrna#253 ·

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  • DESeq2 analysis from abundance.tsv files
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/circrna#224 ·

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  • Implement CycleR
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    nf-core/circrna#200 ·

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  • Implement CircExplorer3/CLEAR
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    nf-core/circrna#198 ·

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  • Add limit for maximum circRNA length
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/circrna#189 ·

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  • Add `psirc quant` output to MulitQC via `kallisto` module
    Open
    enhancement first-timers-only

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    nf-core/circrna#146 ·

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  • Implement polyA-Benchmarking
    May be free again @Fabian-Boehm claimed this 862 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    feature-request

    nf-core/circrna#143 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Add support for RNAse-R effect correction
    Open
    feature-request first-timers-only

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    nf-core/circrna#105 ·

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  • Implement coding potential analysis
    May be free again @nictru claimed this 994 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    feature-request first-timers-only

    nf-core/circrna#93 · 1 assignee ·

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  • Implement miRNA sponging analysis
    Possibly taken @mweyrich28 claimed this 862 days ago. Open
    feature-request

    nf-core/circrna#137 · 1 assignee ·

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