Galaxy Architecture Documentation

This section documents Galaxy’s internal architecture and design patterns.

• Architecture Topics
  • Galaxy Ecosystem and Projects
  • Galaxy Project Management and Contribution
  • Galaxy Architecture Principles
  • Galaxy Files and Directory Structure
  • Galaxy Web Frameworks
  • Dependency Injection in Galaxy
  • Galaxy Task Management with Celery
  • Galaxy Application Components: Models, Managers, and Services
  • Galaxy Plugin Architecture
  • Galaxy Client Architecture
  • Galaxy Dependencies Management
  • Galaxy Startup Process
  • Galaxy Production Deployment

Overview

Galaxy’s architecture is built around several key design patterns and systems. This documentation is the authoritative source for understanding Galaxy’s internal design and covers:

• Application Components: Core managers and services that power Galaxy

• Client Architecture: Frontend patterns and browser integration

• Dependencies: External libraries and dependency management

• Dependency Injection: How Galaxy manages application dependencies and component construction

• Ecosystem: Integration with external tools and services

• File Management: Data storage, formats, and handling

• Frameworks: Foundational patterns and architectural frameworks

• Plugins: Plugin system architecture and extension points

• Principles: Core architectural design principles

• Production Deployment: Running Galaxy in production environments

• Project Management: Work organization and development workflows

• Startup Process: How Galaxy initializes and configures the application

• Task Execution: Job scheduling and task management systems

About This Documentation

This is a single source of truth for Galaxy’s architecture, maintained as structured content and generated in multiple output formats:

• Training slides for the Galaxy Training Network

• Sphinx documentation (this project)