# meirwah/awesome-workflow-engines

A curated list of awesome open source workflow engines

Repository: https://github.com/meirwah/awesome-workflow-engines
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-workflow-engines
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-06T08:20:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4123, "days_push": 149, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7915, forks 771 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:09.743373+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of open-source workflow engines, covering everything from full no-code automation products to DAG schedulers and BPMN process engines. It serves as a discovery index linking to projects like Airflow, Argo Workflows, Camunda, and Cadence.

## Use cases
- find an open source alternative to Zapier
- compare workflow engines for running DAGs of tasks
- choose a BPMN process engine for my Java app
- discover Kubernetes-native workflow orchestration tools
- find a workflow engine for long-running business logic
- pick a data pipeline scheduler for Hadoop or cloud
- list of open source workflow automation platforms

## When to choose
- you want to survey the workflow engine landscape before picking a tool
- you need a starting point for evaluating orchestration and automation options
- you want a community-maintained catalog of open-source workflow projects

## When to avoid
- you need an actual workflow engine to run, not a list of links
- you need detailed comparisons, benchmarks, or setup guides
- you need a maintained software library to depend on

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, scheduling, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, curated-list, workflow-engines, orchestration, dags, bpmn, automation, data-engineering

## Member repositories
- meirwah/awesome-workflow-engines (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:09.743373+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:33:16.530151+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/meirwah/awesome-workflow-engines (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:09.743373+00:00, sha 8b552f3b724a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.