# Install sprocket with Homebrew Bioinformatics workflow engine built on the Workflow Description Language (WDL). Version 0.28.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-15. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sprocket ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sprocket ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sprocket - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.28.0 - **Source summary:** Bioinformatics workflow engine built on the Workflow Description Language (WDL) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-15T21:38:22Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - sprocket (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.28.0 ## 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 - - - - - input source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sprocket/sprocket.toml, ~/.config/sprocket/sprocket.toml, ./sprocket.toml, /sprocket.toml - macOS: ~/.config/sprocket/sprocket.toml, ./sprocket.toml, /sprocket.toml - Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\sprocket.toml ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sprocket.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sprocket.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - cross-ecosystem install command graph