Support notice

Rabix Composer will remain available as a local sbg:draft2 and CWL 1.0 tool and workflow editor. However, please note that Seven Bridges is not actively maintaining or extending Rabix Composer at the moment (Q2 2021). The repository will remain open for new issues and pull requests, but please have in mind that those may not be processed in a timely manner.

New CWL versions and features will still be added to the core open source libraries cwl-ts and cwl-svg.

If you need an up-to-date CWL editor, you can create an account either on the CGC http://cgc.sbgenomics.com/, Biodata Catalyst powered by Seven Bridges https://platform.sb.biodatacatalyst.nhlbi.nih.gov/, or on CAVATICA https://cavatica.sbgenomics.com/ and use the Web Composer available there. The Web Composer is also available on the Seven Bridges Commercial offerings.

Rabix Composer

Rabix Composer is an open source editor for Common Workflow Language
documents.

It has a graphical mode allowing drag and drop creation of workflows
and wizard type creation of individual tools.

It also has a text mode for entering CWL code directly. The graphical and text
modes work seamlessly together.

Dependencies

• Node.js (v12.x)

Installation

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git clone https://github.com/rabix/composer
cd composer
npm ci

If you are using Linux:

Install node.js from https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

Starting the dev environment

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npm run serve // starts the dev server
npm run compile:electron // compiles electron backend
npm run start:electron // opens the app shell

Packaging the build as a desktop app for the host system and architecture

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npm run build

Running the tests

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npm test

Documentation

Now you can read the Rabix Composer documentation to learn more about Rabix Composer.