# Install dxpy with Homebrew DNAnexus toolkit utilities and platform API bindings for Python. Version 0.409.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-24. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dxpy ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dxpy ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dxpy - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.409.0 - **Source summary:** DNAnexus toolkit utilities and platform API bindings for Python - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-24T12:47:49Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - dx-app-wizard (cli) - dx-build-app (cli) - dx-build-applet (cli) - dx-clone-asset (cli) - dx-docker (cli) - dx-download-all-inputs (cli) - dx-fetch-bundled-depends (cli) - dx-generate-dxapp (cli) - dx-jobutil-add-output (cli) - dx-jobutil-dxlink (cli) - dx-jobutil-get-identity-token (cli) - dx-jobutil-new-job (cli) - dx-jobutil-parse-link (cli) - dx-jobutil-report-error (cli) - dx-log-stream (cli) - dx-mount-all-inputs (cli) - dx-notebook-reconnect (cli) - dx-print-bash-vars (cli) - dx-upload-all-outputs (cli) - dx-app-wizard (alias) - dx-build-app (alias) - dx-build-applet (alias) - dx-clone-asset (alias) - dx-docker (alias) - dx-download-all-inputs (alias) - dx-fetch-bundled-depends (alias) - dx-generate-dxapp (alias) - dx-jobutil-add-output (alias) - dx-jobutil-dxlink (alias) - dx-jobutil-get-identity-token (alias) - dx-jobutil-new-job (alias) - dx-jobutil-parse-link (alias) - dx-jobutil-report-error (alias) - dx-log-stream (alias) - dx-mount-all-inputs (alias) - dx-notebook-reconnect (alias) - dx-print-bash-vars (alias) - dx-upload-all-outputs (alias) ## Dependencies - aws-c-auth - aws-c-cal - aws-c-common - aws-c-compression - aws-c-event-stream - aws-c-http - aws-c-io - aws-c-mqtt - aws-c-s3 - aws-c-sdkutils - aws-checksums - certifi - cryptography - openssl@3 - python@3.14 - s2n ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.409.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-24 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dnanexus/dx-toolkit - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage dxpy is the Python binding layer and command-line toolkit for the DNAnexus platform. The official Read the Docs page describes dxpy as Python bindings for interacting with the DNAnexus Platform API, both inside the DNAnexus execution environment and from external scripts. ### Project history The official dx-toolkit git history begins with imported history in 2011 and early repository reorganization in March 2012. Official tags show v0.0.1 on 2012-08-09 and a long continuous release stream through v0.410.0 in June 2026. ### Adoption history Unlike general-purpose Unix tools, dxpy adoption follows the DNAnexus platform itself: researchers and bioinformatics engineers use it to script platform objects, projects, files, apps, workflows, jobs, and API calls. The batch input exposes this as a Homebrew package with many dx-* executables rather than just a Python library. ### How it is used The official docs organize dxpy around Pythonic bindings, low-level API wrappers, object handlers, projects, records, files, genomic tables, applets, apps, workflows, jobs, search, app building, utilities, and exceptions. In practice the packaged toolkit is used for DNAnexus login/configuration, data movement, applet/app development, job utilities, logging, Docker/Nextflow helper workflows, and scripted platform automation. ### Why package nerds care dxpy is significant as a packaged scientific-platform SDK: it turns a hosted genomics and biomedical analysis platform into reproducible shell and Python workflows. For package managers, it is a reminder that many science packages are not just libraries but operational CLIs with credentials, cloud objects, and platform-specific execution assumptions. ### Timeline - 2011: Official git history begins with imported repository history. - 2012: v0.0.1 tagged and DNAnexus Python docs carry 2012-2013 copyright. - 2020: v0.300.0 tagged. - 2023: v0.350.0 tagged. - 2025: v0.400.0 tagged. - 2026: v0.410.0 appears in the official changelog and tag list. ### Related projects - dxpy is part of DNAnexus dx-toolkit alongside the dx command family, DNAnexus API documentation, platform documentation, app builders, job utilities, Docker helpers, and Nextflow-related tooling referenced in recent changelog entries. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dxpy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.dnanexus_config/environment.json ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.dnanexus_config/environment.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dxpy - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** deno - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [abricate](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abricate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [bbtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bbtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [bioperl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bioperl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [blast](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/blast/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [bowtie2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bowtie2/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [breseq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/breseq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [cutadapt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cutadapt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, python, science. - [echtvar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/echtvar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, genomics, science. - [awscurl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/awscurl/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: auth, aws, aws-c-auth, aws-c-cal, aws-c-common. - [kraken2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kraken2/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: bioinformatics, build, cli, python, python-3-14. - [flye](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/flye/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: bioinformatics, cli, python, python-3-14, science. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dxpy.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dxpy.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph