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overview

Package summary

Bioinformatics workflow engine built on the Workflow Description Language (WDL)

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sprocket

history

Project history and usage

Sprocket is a Rust-based bioinformatics workflow execution engine built on the Workflow Description Language. Its official goals combine large-scale workflow execution with developer-tooling ergonomics for WDL users.

Project history

The Sprocket repository was created in late 2023 and began publishing GitHub releases in 2024. The official overview says the project was created to address the lack of bioinformatics workflow engines that can reliably handle tens of thousands of concurrently executing workflows across local, HPC, and cloud environments.

Adoption history

Sprocket remains pre-1.0, but its project-status page describes most established commands as relatively settled and documents a three-week release cadence. Its documentation targets bioinformaticians and bioinformatics software engineers working at moderate to large scale.

How it is used

Users run WDL workflows with commands such as `sprocket run`, and the official Slurm guide shows Sprocket dispatching WDL tasks to Slurm with Apptainer on HPC infrastructure. The tool also includes development commands for checking, linting, formatting, validating, generating inputs, and editor integration.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about Sprocket because it packages a domain-specific workflow engine as a modern Rust CLI with documented release notes, GitHub release binaries, Cargo installation, and Homebrew distribution. It is also an example of scientific software adopting the tooling expectations of language ecosystems: formatters, linters, editor integrations, and predictable release cadence.

Timeline

2023: GitHub repository created.
2024: v0.2.0 published on GitHub releases.
2026: v0.27.0 published, with official docs still describing the project as pre-1.0.

Related projects

Sprocket is built on the Workflow Description Language and is developed alongside the wdl family of crates, wdl-lsp, a Visual Studio Code extension, and a Neovim plugin.

Sources

GitHub API repository and releases metadata for stjude-rust-labs/sprocket, accessed 2026-07-02
https://sprocket.bio/configuration/overview.html
https://sprocket.bio/guides/slurm.html
https://sprocket.bio/overview.html
https://sprocket.bio/project-status.html
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security posture

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No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for sprocket. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

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Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sprocket/sprocket.toml~/.config/sprocket/sprocket.toml./sprocket.toml<sprocket-executable-directory>/sprocket.toml
macOS: ~/.config/sprocket/sprocket.toml./sprocket.toml<sprocket-executable-directory>/sprocket.toml
Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\sprocket.toml

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`sprocket`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-07-09

manager version0.27.0

manager updated2026-06-26

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.27.0

https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/sprocket

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:sprocket
Version	0.27.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/sprocket
Homepage	https://sprocket.bio
Repository	https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/sprocket
Upstream docs	https://sprocket.bio/configuration/overview.html
License	Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/stjude-rust-labs/sprocket/archive/refs/tags/v0.27.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-26T19:31:41Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@3
Build dependencies	pkgconf, rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	sprocket
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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combined/sprocket.yml

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