# camunda/camunda

Process Orchestration Framework

Repository: https://github.com/camunda/camunda
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/camunda
Homepage: https://camunda.com/platform/
Language: Java
License Family: other
Topics: microservices, orchestration-framework, workflow-engine, java, bpmn, workflow, grpc
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:10:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3818, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 265}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4255, forks 815 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:40.503557+00:00)

## What it is
Camunda 8 is a process orchestration framework whose orchestration cluster includes the Zeebe cloud-native BPMN/DMN engine, plus Tasklist, Operate, Identity, and Optimize components. It lets teams model business processes visually in BPMN 2.0 and orchestrate people, systems, AI agents, and devices at high throughput with horizontal scaling and fault tolerance.

## Use cases
- orchestrate business processes across microservices with BPMN workflows
- automate human-in-the-loop approval and task workflows
- model and execute DMN decision tables
- coordinate AI agents and systems in governed end-to-end processes
- monitor and troubleshoot running process instances
- build high-throughput, horizontally scalable workflow engines without a relational database

## When to choose
- you need standards-based BPMN/DMN process automation at enterprise scale
- you want to orchestrate long-running processes spanning people, APIs, and message queues like Kafka
- you need process visibility, monitoring, and human task management in one platform
- you deploy on Docker/Kubernetes and need a cloud-native, fault-tolerant engine

## When to avoid
- you only need a simple job scheduler or cron replacement
- you want a lightweight embedded workflow library with minimal infrastructure
- you require an OSI open-source license for commercial production use - production self-managed usage requires an enterprise license
- your team has no capacity to learn BPMN modeling concepts

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, microservices, scheduling, monitoring, auth, api-framework
- domain: microservices, developer-tools, backend, artificial-intelligence
- platform: jvm, self-hosted, cloud, cross-platform
- tags: bpmn, dmn, workflow-engine, process-orchestration, zeebe, agentic-orchestration, grpc, process-automation, automation, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- camunda/camunda (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:40.503557+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 2026-08-29T18:22:08.694101+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - site_page: https://camunda.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:11:52.375755+00:00, sha c23b5ffd4930)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.