# gaia-pipeline/gaia

Build powerful pipelines in any programming language.

Repository: https://github.com/gaia-pipeline/gaia
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gaia
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, pipeline, automation, java, python, cplusplus, build, deployment, kubernetes, continuous-integration, continuous-delivery, continuous-testing, devops, devops-tools, ruby, distributed-systems, gitops
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-01-10T15:10:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3170, "days_push": 235, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5217, forks 239 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:13.170276+00:00)

## What it is
Gaia is a self-hosted automation platform for building powerful pipelines in any programming language, using HashiCorp's go-plugin system and gRPC. It clones git repositories, compiles pipeline code, executes jobs as a dependency graph, and streams results to a graphical UI.

## Use cases
- build ci/cd pipelines in any programming language
- replace yaml-based automation tools with code-first pipelines
- run on-demand deployment pipelines from a git repository
- create dependency graphs of automation jobs with a web ui
- self-host a lightweight pipeline runner for devops tasks

## When to choose
- you want to write pipeline logic in your preferred language instead of yaml
- you need a lightweight self-hosted alternative to heavyweight ci/cd systems
- you want pipelines compiled to binaries and executed on-demand with streamed output

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - the project is officially archived
- you need a full-featured ci/cd platform with a large ecosystem
- you want managed cloud pipelines rather than self-hosted infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: workflow-automation, ci-cd, deployment, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, microservices
- platform: go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: pipeline-automation, grpc-plugins, gitops, continuous-delivery, archived-project, scheduler, devops, automation, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- gaia-pipeline/gaia (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.170276+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 2026-08-29T18:00:09.926750+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gaia-pipeline/gaia (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.170276+00:00, sha d07a2b50e8f3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.