https://snakemake.github.io/

Snakemake is a workflow management system designed for scientific pipelines

Created by Johannes Köster, first released in 2012

Based on UNIX make - originally created in 1976 but still standard use

Python based - “ snake-make ”

Free and open source, available on Mac, Windows, Unix

https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

https://github.com/snakemake

Make is a command-line interface software tool that performs actions ordered by configured dependencies as defined in a configuration file called a makefile. It is commonly used for build automation to build executable code from source code.