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News/2025 year in review

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+title: "Galaxy 2025 Year in Review"
+date: "2025-12-22"
+tease: "650K+ users, 186M+ jobs, ~15K commits across the ecosystem"
+authors: "Galaxy Project"
+tags: [galaxy, community, statistics, year-in-review]
+subsites: [all]
+---
+
+![Galaxy 2025 Year in Review](./cover_art.png)
+
+*Image credit: Bob Harris | [bumblebeagle.org/xmas2025](http://www.bumblebeagle.org/xmas2025/)*
+
+See also: [Galaxy Newsletter December 2025](https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-12-12-galaxy-newsletter/)
+
+2025 was a busy year. Here's what the Galaxy community built:
+
+- Over **14,900 commits** were pushed across Galaxy core, training materials, and tools repositories
+- More than **100 contributors** actively developed Galaxy in 2025
+- **10 releases** shipped, including Galaxy 25.1, 25.0, and 24.2
+- The Galaxy Training Network merged **760+ PRs** and received contributions from **57 authors**
+
+## Global Impact
+
+Combined metrics across usegalaxy.org, usegalaxy.eu, usegalaxy.org.au, usegalaxy.fr, and usegalaxy.be:
+
+<table class="table">
+  <tr>
+    <td style="width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7a8b10, #90b668); color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em;">650K+</strong><br/>registered users</td>
+    <td style="width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a89707, #e1d808); color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em;">186M+</strong><br/>jobs executed</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td style="width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9c2a07, #ed7808); color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em;">333M+</strong><br/>datasets stored</td>
+    <td style="width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e7b36, #80d281); color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em;">862K+</strong><br/>workflows created</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td style="width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6f265d, #ac55a9); color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em;">22,699</strong><br/>publications citing Galaxy</td>
+    <td style="width: 50%; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #196e63, #38a89d); color: white; text-align: center; padding: 15px; border-radius: 8px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em;">3,574</strong><br/>GTA 2025 trainees</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+### Jobs by Server (2025)
+
+<table class="table">
+  <tr>
+    <th>Server</th>
+    <th style="text-align: right;">Jobs</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>🇪🇺 usegalaxy.eu</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #e8f3e6;"><strong style="color: #3e7b36;">93.3M</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>🇺🇸 usegalaxy.org</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #f5f3e0;"><strong style="color: #7a8b10;">72.9M</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>🇦🇺 usegalaxy.org.au</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #fdf2e6;"><strong style="color: #ed7808;">13.6M</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>🇫🇷 usegalaxy.fr</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #e6f0ef;"><strong style="color: #196e63;">6.9M</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+## 2025 Commits by Repository
+
+<table class="table">
+  <tr>
+    <th>Repository</th>
+    <th style="text-align: right;">Commits</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>galaxy</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #e8f3e6;"><strong style="color: #3e7b36;">7,554</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>training-material</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #eef5e8;"><strong style="color: #5a9b4a;">4,974</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>tools-iuc</td>
+    <td style="text-align: right; background-color: #f4f7ec;"><strong style="color: #80d281;">2,365</strong></td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+### Galaxy Core Commits by Month
+
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+
+## Infrastructure & Developer Tools
+
+Key ecosystem projects saw significant development in 2025:
+
+### Total Perspective Vortex v3.0
+
+Major release with Pydantic schema support, type-checking linter for embedded Python code, and multi-file config support. 162 commits, 28 PRs, 6 releases.
+
+[View project →](https://github.com/galaxyproject/total-perspective-vortex)
+
+### Galaxy Charts
+
+New visualization framework launched in 2024, with 244 commits in 2025 adding conditional support, dataset extensions, and Vite 7 upgrade.
+
+[View project →](https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy-charts)
+
+### Developer Tool Activity
+
+| Tool | Activity |
+|------|----------|
+| planemo | 259 commits, 63 PRs, 7 releases |
+| pulsar | 135 commits, 33 PRs, 6 releases |
+
+## Galaxy Workflows
+
+The [Intergalactic Workflow Commission (IWC)](https://iwc.galaxyproject.org/) maintains peer-reviewed, production-ready workflows:
+
+<table class="table">
+  <tr>
+    <td style="text-align: center; padding: 15px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em; color: #6f265d;">25</strong><br/>workflow categories</td>
+    <td style="text-align: center; padding: 15px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em; color: #9c2a07;">270</strong><br/>PRs merged in 2025</td>
+    <td style="text-align: center; padding: 15px;"><strong style="font-size: 1.5em; color: #3e7b36;">1,251</strong><br/>commits in 2025</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+### VGP Assembly v2
+
+Complete 5-step pipeline for high-quality vertebrate genome assembly. Features Hifiasm phased assembly and Hi-C scaffolding for chromosome-scale results.
+
+[View workflow →](https://github.com/galaxyproject/iwc/tree/main/workflows/VGP-assembly-v2)
+
+### Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis
+
+Community-maintained pipeline for single-cell transcriptomics. Peer-reviewed and production-ready for your research needs.
+
+[View workflow →](https://github.com/galaxyproject/iwc/tree/main/workflows/scRNAseq)
+
+## Release Highlights
+
+### Galaxy 25.1 (December 2025)
+
+- Modern card-based history interface with keyboard navigation
+- Powerful Sample Sheets for complex workflow inputs
+- Enhanced tool discovery capabilities
+
+### Galaxy 25.0 (June 2025)
+
+- JupyterLite integration for browser-based notebooks
+- ZIP archive explorer for remote and local files
+- New visualizations: Vizarr, Molstar, Kepler.gl, Niivue
+
+### Galaxy 24.2 (January 2025)
+
+- ChatGXY AI assistant for job error diagnosis
+- Job metrics dashboard for runtime and memory insights
+
+[Read full release notes →](https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/latest/releases/)
+
+## Community Events
+
+### European Galaxy Days 2025
+
+October 2025, Freiburg — Recordings now available
+
+[Watch recordings](https://galaxyproject.org/events/2025-european-galaxy-days/)
+
+### GCC2026 Save the Date
+
+June 2026, Clermont-Ferrand, France
+
+[Learn more](https://galaxyproject.org/gcc/)
+
+## Community Growth
+
+- **Tool Developers SIG** formed to standardize best practices
+- **57 contributors** to the Galaxy Training Network in 2025
+- **Global training academies** connecting researchers worldwide
+
+---
+
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+[Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#usegalaxy-eu-announce:matrix.org) |
+[Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/galaxyproject.bsky.social) |
+[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4907635/)
+
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