Feature CWL WDL Nextflow Galaxy
Dockstore site
Tool registration Yes Yes No No
Workflow registration Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hosted Workflows Yes Yes Yes Yes
DAG Display Yes (cwl version=>1.1) [1] Yes (wdl version<=1.0) Limited support Limited support
Tool Tab Display Yes (cwl version=>1.1) Yes (wdl version<=1.0) Yes Limited support
Launch-with Platforms for workflows BioData Catalyst [2]
Cavatica [3]
CGC [4]
AnVIL [5]
BioData Catalyst [6]
DNAnexus
DNAstack [7]
Terra [8]
Not yet! Galaxy [9]
Metadata Display Yes Yes (wdl version<=1.0) Yes Yes
Dockstore CLI
Local workflow engines cwltool, Cromwell Cromwell [10] Nextflow None
File Provisioning In Local File System
HTTP
FTP
GCS via plugins
S3 via plugins
Data Object Service
Local File System
HTTP
FTP
GCS via plugins
S3 via plugins
Data Object Service
Local File System
HTTP
FTP
S3
No
Plugins Support GCS
s3
s3cmd
icgc-get
Data Object Service
GCS
s3
s3cmd
icgc-get
Data Object Service
No No
File Provisioning Out Local File System
HTTP
FTP
GCS via plugins
S3 via plugins
[11]
Local File System
HTTP
FTP
GCS via plugins
S3 via plugins
Local File System
S3
No
Notifications Yes Yes No No