# Install nextflow

Reproducible scientific workflows. Version 26.04.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-28.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:nextflow
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install nextflow
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#nextflow
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nextflow/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:nextflow
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nextflow>
- **Version:** 26.04.3
- **Source summary:** Reproducible scientific workflows
- **Homepage:** <https://nextflow.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://www.nextflow.io/docs/latest/index.html>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/archive/refs/tags/v26.04.3.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-28T10:04:46Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- nextflow (cli)
- nextflow (alias)

## Dependencies

- openjdk

## Build Dependencies

- gradle

## 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: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 26.04.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-28
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow
- Upstream latest detected: v26.04.3 (current)

## 安全说明

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** nextflow
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - nextflow: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nextflow/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/zh-hans/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph