Kestra

Kestra is an open-source, event-based editing platform for data, AI and infrastructure workflows. It allows you to manage timed or event-driven automations from a single location by offering a non-descript and language-dependent interface. You can create workflows in YAML format, from the built-in code editor, the visual interface, or with built-in AI tools.

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kestra-io · Workflow & Automation

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VERSIONv2.0.0-rc5
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JavaWorkflowOrchestrationApache-2.0

Common commercial products in this category: Zapier, Make, Microsoft Power Automate

What can it do?
  • You design data, infrastructure, and AI workflows using the YAML-based interface or AI assistant.
  • You run automation processes with timed or real-time event triggers.
  • Using the vast add-on ecosystem, you extract data from any database, cloud storage, or API.
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  • • High number of open issues (816)
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Show HN: Kestra - Open-Source Airflow Alternative

    “Airflow have design issue and performance issue, If you want to have some details, you can find some reason on this article: . For other workflow engine (dagster, prefect, ...), we decided to use a complete different approach on how to build a pipeline. Since others decide to…”

  • • NeutralHacker News

    Show HN: Kestra - Open-Source Airflow Alternative

    “Temporal.io is a really cool framework for building business process like managing microservice workflow (like paiement workflow: user pay, we call the shipping microservice, the billing microservice, ...) and good fit to handle individual event (lots of individual events).…”

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