Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows observed · 2026-10-12
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 15
- age_days: 4208
- days_rel: 33
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 36
Adoption not part of the score
47148 stars · 17997 forks observed · 2026-10-12
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-28, confidence 0.99
Apache Airflow is an open‑source platform for programmatically authoring, scheduling, and monitoring complex workflows. It provides a web UI, CLI, and REST API to manage DAGs and tasks across distributed workers.
Use cases
- schedule and monitor ETL pipelines
- orchestrate data integration workflows
- manage machine‑learning model training pipelines
- automate recurring infrastructure tasks
- run batch jobs with complex dependencies
- track and visualize task execution in a web UI
When to choose
- You need a highly extensible, Python‑based workflow engine that can scale to many workers.
- Your pipelines require dynamic DAG generation, custom operators, and rich templating.
- You want a single platform that offers a web UI, CLI, and API for workflow management.
When to avoid
- You prefer a low‑code or drag‑and‑drop solution with minimal programming.
- Your workloads are simple cron jobs that don’t need a full orchestration layer.
- You need a lightweight scheduler with a tiny footprint for embedded devices.
Facets
application · maturity active
cli http-server api-framework web-framework windows cloud python workflow-orchestration dag airflow scheduler modular-architecture extensible data-engineering data-integration devops linux macos docker kubernetes
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apache/airflow · fetched 2026-10-12 · 4cd70bbc2c77
- homepage: https://airflow.apache.org/ · fetched 2026-09-14 · bc74d4623ed9
- site_page: https://airflow.apache.org/docs · fetched 2026-09-14 · 16274e868544
- site_page: https://airflow.apache.org/docs/stable/start.html · fetched 2026-09-14 · cdec3054d4fc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apache/airflow | main | 98 |
| apache/airflow-client-go | sdk | 56 |
| apache/airflow-site | docs | 98 |
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