nf-core blog

A community effort to collect a curated set of open-source analysis pipelines built using Nextflow.

Epic Handshake between nf-core and colab

Running nf-core pipelines on Google Colab

A guide to running and interacting with nf-core pipelines using Colab and VS Code

@KurayiChawatama

published on
2 Sept 2025

Maintainers Minutes: August 2025

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@maxulysse

published on
31 Aug 2025

Short range photograph of a truck transporting large green pipes.

Why are my pipeline download tests failing?

Refurbishing the pipeline downloads command

@ErikDanielsson

@mirpedrol

@MatthiasZepper

published on
28 Aug 2025

Introducing nf-core Advisories

Timely technical issue alerts, no matter how remote you are.

@MatthiasZepper

published on
21 Aug 2025

Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and nf-core

Next nf-core scientific article now published in Genome Biology!

@christopher-hakkaart

published on
6 Aug 2025

Maintainers Minutes: July 2025

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

published on
31 Jul 2025

Meet the new meta.yml

Changes to the structure of the meta.yml file for nf-core modules

@mirpedrol

published on
7 Jul 2025

3D rendering of a cute little space rocket painted red and white with a fluffy smoke cloud coming out of it.

nf-core/tools - 3.3

An nf-testic release

@mashehu

@mirpedrol

published on
3 Jun 2025

Maintainers Minutes: May 2025

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@maxulysse

published on
3 Jun 2025

nf-core supports now `main` branch names

Announcing the possibility to change a pipeline default branch to main

@mirpedrol

@jfy133

published on
19 May 2025

Maintainers Minutes: April 2025

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

published on
2 May 2025

A small child running between trees in a thick forest.

State of the nf-core CI

Run, CI, Run!

@mashehu

published on
9 Apr 2025

nf-core survey 2025: the results

Results summary from the nf-core community survey 2025

@jfy133

@FranBonath

published on
26 Mar 2025

Spring in Stockholm with the cherry trees from Kungsträdgården - Picture by @maxulysse 2021-04-27

Spring cleaning 2025

🧹

@maxulysse

@jfy133

published on
20 Mar 2025

nf-core weekly help desk is coming to Asia-Pacific!

Join the APAC community for a weekly help desk.

@awgymer

@christopher-hakkaart

published on
10 Mar 2025

Maintainers Minutes: February 2025

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

published on
28 Feb 2025

A path made out of wooden planks in the middle of a green forest.

Integrating ontologies into nf-core modules

Getting onto the right path

@mirpedrol

@mashehu

published on
24 Feb 2025

Maintainers Minutes: January 2025

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@maxulysse

published on
31 Jan 2025

2024

A wall of red, blue and green plastic crates

nf-core/tools - 3.1.0

Everything is going crate

@mashehu

@mirpedrol

@ewels

published on
10 Dec 2024

Maintainers Minutes: November 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

@sateeshperi

published on
29 Nov 2024

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Announcing: Weekly Helpdesk

A weekly drop-in sessions to connect and work together.

@FriederikeHanssen

published on
28 Oct 2024

Maintainers Minutes: September/October 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

@maxulysse

@sateeshperi

published on
28 Oct 2024

Shelves of yellow and red apples on display in a supermarket

nf-core/tools - 3.0.0

What flavour of the nf-core template do you prefer?

@mirpedrol

@mashehu

@ewels

published on
7 Oct 2024

Migration from Biocontainers to Seqera Containers: Part 2

nf-core containers automation: how it’ll all work behind the curtain

@ewels

@edmundmiller

published on
2 Oct 2024

Migration from Biocontainers to Seqera Containers: Part 1

What Seqera Containers is and why we want to move to it.

@ewels

@edmundmiller

published on
17 Sept 2024

Maintainers Minutes: September 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@FriederikeHanssen

published on
30 Aug 2024

Maintainers Minutes: August 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

@FriederikeHanssen

published on
14 Aug 2024

A gentle introduction to nf-core/reportho

The nf-core pipeline for comparing ortholog predictions

@itrujnara

published on
18 Jul 2024

Subway diagram of the calingcards pipeline

nf-core/callingcards - first release!

The nf-core callingcards workflow

@cmatKhan

published on
17 Jul 2024

Maintainers Minutes: July 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

published on
3 Jul 2024

Faster nf-core website builds

Divide et impera

@mashehu

@ewels

published on
3 Jul 2024

Subway diagram of the fastquorum pipeline

nf-core/fastquorum - first release!

The nf-core fgbio Best Practices FASTQ to Consensus Pipeline

@nh13

published on
22 Jun 2024

Introducing nf-core office hours

A new initiative - weekly drop-in sessions to connect and work together.

@christopher-hakkaart

published on
13 Jun 2024

Maintainers Minutes: June 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

published on
7 Jun 2024

Drake meme, with top image showing Drake with his hand in his face in a 'don't bother me gesture' next to the text 'Actual programming', then the bottom image of him pointing like 'now that's more like it' with 'Debating for 30 minutes on how to name a subworkflow' text next to it.

Maintainers Minutes: May 2024

Keeping you informed of the latest maintainers discussions

@jfy133

published on
13 May 2024

nf-core/tools - 2.14.0

Spring cleaning 🧹

@mirpedrol

@mashehu

published on
8 May 2024

nf-core/sarek paper

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

@FriederikeHanssen

@maxulysse

published on
24 Apr 2024

March 2024 Hackathon

The distributed / online global hackathon

@ewels

published on
7 Apr 2024

Special Interest Groups

A new place to collaborate with others working in your field

@ewels

published on
2 Apr 2024

nf-core/tools - 2.13.0

Out with the old, in with the new

published on
19 Feb 2024

core team retreat

Why not come to Stockholm in February? 🥶

@FranBonath

published on
11 Feb 2024

Screenshot of the nf-core-bot fix linting comment

nf-core/tools - 2.12.0

TUI or not TUI? That is the question.

@mashehu

@mirpedrol

published on
28 Jan 2024

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Hello nf-core world

A new blog for nf-core is launched! Here’s what you can expect.

@mashehu

@ewels

published on
12 Jan 2024

2020

Data management

How to plan your project, estimate resources, and share your results.

@elinkronander

published on
14 Apr 2020