Helix is a Python package for working with the NIH's Helix system and Biowulf cluster. 

There are two main functionalities available:

1. submitting swarm jobs (Swarm class)
2a. submitting qsub jobs (QSub)
2b. submitting qsub jobs in blocking mode (QSubBlocking)

Installing

After checking out the distribution, simply move into the top-level directory and type:

python setup.py install

Usage:

>>> import helix
>>> dir(helix)
....