elsa-workflows/elsa-core

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Elsa Workflows is a workflow engine library for .NET that lets applications execute workflows defined in C# code, JSON, or via a visual designer. It ships with Elsa Server for hosting workflows and Elsa Studio for designing them.

Use cases

• embed a workflow engine in my .NET application
• build long-running business processes with approval steps
• design workflows visually instead of writing code
• run scheduled and event-driven background jobs in ASP.NET
• define workflows in JSON and execute them at runtime
• orchestrate HTTP endpoints and message handling as workflows

When to choose

• you're building on .NET/C# and need embedded workflow orchestration
• you want both code-first and visual designer workflow authoring
• you need durable, long-running workflows with persistence and resumption

When to avoid

• you need a standalone BPM suite outside the .NET ecosystem
• your project uses Node.js, Python, or JVM stacks
• you only need simple cron-style scheduling without workflow semantics

Facets

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workflow-automation scheduling webhook api-framework backend developer-tools web-development dotnet cross-platform self-hosted workflow-engine dotnet csharp visual-designer long-running-workflows state-machine automation docker

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