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 # ViralConsensus
-Fast viral consensus genome reconstruction
+ViralConsensus is a fast and memory-efficient tool for calling viral consensus genome sequences directly from read alignment data. ViralConsensus is orders of magnitude faster and more memory-efficient than existing methods. Further, unlike existing methods, ViralConsensus can pipe data directly from a read mapper via standard input and performs viral consensus calling on-the-fly, making it an ideal tool for viral sequencing pipelines.
 
 # Installation
 ViralConsensus is written in C++ and depends on htslib. You can simply download the latest release tarball (or clone the repo) and compile with `make`: