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title: nextflow
description: Reference for the nextflow namespace, which contains information about the current Nextflow runtime.
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# `nextflow`

The `nextflow` namespace contains information about the current Nextflow runtime.

##### `build: int`

Nextflow runtime build number.

##### `timestamp: String`

Nextflow runtime compile timestamp.

##### `version: VersionNumber`

Nextflow runtime version number. See [VersionNumber][stdlib-types-versionnumber] for more information.

[stdlib-types-versionnumber]: ../stdlib-types/version-number
