- New self-downloadable and self-updatable script launcher
- New cluster mode, Nextflow can run as a daemon node by using Hazelcast cluster (incubating)
- New support for Docker containers. Any process can be executed through Docker adding 'container = name' in the process definition (incubating)
- New cluster distributed execution for native processes (groovy closures)
- Enhanced task polling monitor
- Use 'rsync' to unstage task result files to target directory
- Pipeline execution can be launched in background by adding the option '-bg- to the command line
- Updated documentation