Dear Community!
We are pleased to announce the Galaxy 25.0 release!
A few release highlights are:
Highlights
Empower Users to Build More Kinds of Collections, More Intelligently
Galaxy’s collection system has been significantly enhanced, making it easier to create and manage collections—including mixed paired and unpaired datasets, nested lists, and more—directly from selected datasets. New wizard-style builders guide users step-by-step, auto-detecting data structures and offering both instant and advanced setup options, while improved rule-based import activities, clearer feedback, and numerous refinements.
Add ZIP explorer to import individual files from local or remote ZIP archives
Galaxy now features a ZIP explorer, streamlining the process of importing individual files from both local and remote ZIP
archives.
A New Unified View for Datasets
Galaxy 25.0 introduces a unified view for datasets, consolidating common dataset actions into a single, streamlined interface, all accessible via the eye icon on datasets.
Allow Rerunning Workflows with the Same Inputs and Parameters
Users can now easily rerun any workflow with the exact same inputs and parameters as a previous run - with a simple click of the new “Rerun” button in the workflow invocation view.
An Enhanced Workflow Run Form Interface
Galaxy 25.0 introduces a streamlined workflow run interface that allows users to upload inputs, create collections, and configure parameters — all within a single, unified form.
Introducing READMEs for Workflows in the Galaxy Interface
Galaxy 25.0 introduces support for associating README/help text with workflows. This provides a way to document workflows directly in the Galaxy interface, with support for Markdown formatting, links, and images. The README is a part of the workflow object in the database.
Bulk Actions for Workflows
Galaxy 25.0 introduces support for selecting multiple workflows to perform actions in bulk, streamlining workflow management for users.
Redesigned File Sources and Storage Location Interfaces
Galaxy 25.0 introduces a modernized interface for accessing Remote File Sources and Storage Locations, making navigation and selection more intuitive and user-friendly.
Enable Cloning Subworkflows in the Workflow Editor
In the Workflow Editor, subworkflows can now be cloned just like regular workflow steps, with a singular click of the “Duplicate” button on a subworkflow node.
JupyterLite for Lightweight In-Browser Notebooks within Galaxy
JupyterLite — a fully browser-based Jupyter environment — is now available as a visualization (accessible right in the Galaxy center panel) with support for interacting directly with Galaxy datasets and APIs, without requiring any local setup, or using the Jupyter interactive tool.
New Interactive Tools Panel in the Activity Bar
Interactive Tools now have a dedicated panel in the Activity Bar, making them easier to find and launch. Each tool has its own icon, and a badge shows how many are currently running. This improves visibility and separates ITs from standard Galaxy tools.
Preferred Visualization Display for Dataset Types
Galaxy now allows administrators to configure default visualizations for specific datatypes. Instead of showing raw file content in the (new) Preview tab, datasets with a preferred visualization will now display that visualization by default.
User-Defined Tools (Beta)
Galaxy 25.0 introduces support for user-defined tools — a new feature that lets selected users define and run tools directly in the Galaxy interface, without requiring regular administrative intervention.
Job Cancellation Notifications for Admins
Admins can now choose to notify users when canceling jobs. Users receive grouped notifications with job details, and optional email delivery if enabled.
eLabFTW integration
Galaxy is now integrated with eLabFTW, a free and open source electronic lab notebook from Deltablot via a new file source. Further details are available on this blog post.
RSpace integration
Galaxy 25.0 includes a new file source that integrates it with RSpace, an open-source research data management system (RDM) and electronic lab notebook (ELN) providing inventory and sample management systems and featuring a wide collection of integrations with other services. Read more on this blog post.
Release notes
Please see the full release notes for all the details!
Thanks for using Galaxy!