# Nextflow adds support for spack
**URL:** https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/nextflow-adds-support-for-spack/438
**Category:** spack
**Tags:** spack, nextflow
**Created:** [20 February 2023 03:22 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/nextflow-adds-support-for-spack/438 "2023-02-20T03:22:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Aidan](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/u/Aidan)
#### Post date: [20 February 2023 03:22 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/nextflow-adds-support-for-spack/438/1 "2023-02-20T03:22:05Z")
Nextflow runs computational pipelines:
> Nextflow enables scalable and reproducible scientific workflows using software containers. It allows the adaptation of pipelines written in the most common scripting languages.
> Its fluent DSL simplifies the implementation and the deployment of complex parallel and reactive workflows on clouds and clusters.
Pawsey and AusBiocommons have recently rolled out [Nextflow Tower](https://cloud.tower.nf) which enables high level orchestration of Nextflow pipelines over heterogenous compute environments (Multi-HPC, cloud). This is something ACCESS-NRI is keeping an eye on, to see if it matches any of our use-cases.
Interestingly dupport for spack has been added to NextFlow:
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> This PR adds support for Spack as a software provider for Nextflow.
> It comes ou…t of some very fruitful conversations myself and Paolo have had recently.
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> Some points:
> \* Tested with some simple pipelines:
> \* https://github.com/marcodelapierre/toy-cowsay-nf
> \* https://github.com/nextflow-io/blast-example
> \* https://github.com/nextflow-io/rnaseq-nf (issues with Salmon due to Spack recipe issues)
> \* Unit tests written
> \* Documentation updated
> \* includes some best practices to mitigate long build times
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> @pditommaso @evanfloden have fun! :-)
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> @tgamblin @alalazo I hope this can be a useful contribution from the perspective of the Spack community, too!