Table 3.
Workflow languages to support bioinformatic analysis
| Workflow Language/Workbench | Year | Web‐based/Command Line | Syntax |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Taverna | 2004 | Both | Explicit |
| Pegasus | 2005 | Command Line | Explicit |
| Ruffus | 2010 | Command Line | Explicit |
| Galaxy | 2010 | Both | Explicit |
| Snakemake | 2012 | Command Line | Implicit |
| bpipe | 2012 | Command Line | Explicit |
| Agave | 2012 | Both | Explicit |
| BigDataScript | 2015 | Command Line | Implicit |
| Sci:Luigi | 2016 | Command Line | Implicit |
| Common Workflow Language | 2016 | Both | Explicit |
| Nextflow | 2017 | Both | Implicit |
| Toil | 2017 | Command Line | Explicit |