Overview

Snakemake 8.0, released on September 20, 2023, introduces a plugin system and a modular architecture.

Main Features

Plugin system

Executors, storage, and reporting are now separately installable plugins.

python 
# Install plugins
# pip install snakemake-executor-plugin-slurm
# pip install snakemake-storage-plugin-s3

# Snakefile
rule all:
    input: 'results/output.txt'

rule process:
    input: 'data/input.txt'
    output: 'results/output.txt'
    shell: 'cat {input} | sort > {output}'

Modular architecture

Snakemake's code is split into independent modules, making maintenance and third-party contributions easier.

python 
# Run with a specific executor
# snakemake --executor slurm --jobs 100

# Use remote storage
# snakemake --default-storage-provider s3
#           --default-storage-prefix s3://bucket/

# List installed plugins
# snakemake --list-plugins

Sources