go-workflow/go-workflow

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1235 stars · 305 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Go-Workflow is an ultra-lightweight workflow engine written in Go, structured as a microservice with an architecture inspired by Activiti. It records only process flow state, decoupling users and groups, and uses JSON arrays instead of BPMN for process definitions.

Use cases

• embed a lightweight approval workflow engine in a Go backend
• run leave-request / approval flows as a microservice
• define workflows with JSON instead of BPMN
• implement countersign (and-sign) and or-sign task approval
• track workflow instances, tasks, and execution history

When to choose

• you need a minimal Activiti-like workflow engine in Go
• you want workflow state as a standalone microservice
• BPMN XML is too heavy and JSON definitions suffice

When to avoid

• you need full BPMN 2.0 compliance or complex gateways
• you need a maintained project with active releases
• you require a license-guaranteed dependency (no explicit license file)

Facets

service · maturity maintenance

workflow-automation microservices api-framework backend developer-tools go self-hosted workflow-engine bpmn-alternative approval-flow activiti-inspired lightweight automation web-server

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