README.rst

February 23, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

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Toil is a scalable, efficient, cross-platform (Linux & macOS) pipeline management system, written entirely in Python, and designed around the principles of functional programming. It supports running workflows written in either Common Workflow Language (CWL) 1.0-1.2 or Workflow Description Language (WDL) 1.0-1.1, as well as having its own rich Python API for writing workflows against. It supports running workflows locally on your system (e.g. a laptop), on an HPC cluster, or in the cloud.

  • Check the website_ for a description of Toil and its features.
  • Full documentation for the latest stable release can be found at Read the Docs_.
  • Please subscribe to low-volume announce_ mailing list so we keep you informed
  • Google Groups discussion forum_
  • See our occasional blog_ for tutorials.
  • Use biostars_ channel for discussion.

.. _website: http://toil.ucsc-cgl.org/ .. _Read the Docs: https://toil.readthedocs.io/en/latest .. _announce: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/toil-announce .. _forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/toil-community .. _blog: https://toilpipelines.wordpress.com/ .. _biostars: https://www.biostars.org/t/toil/ .. _CWL: https://www.commonwl.org/ .. _WDL: https://openwdl.org/

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