# dromara/liteflow

Lightweight, fast, stable, programmable component-based rule engine — where AI Agents orchestrate just like ordinary components. Uniquely designed DSL: component reuse, sync/async & dynamic orchestration, multi-language scripting, nested rules, hot deployment and smooth refresh. If you can orchestrate LiteFlow, you can orchestrate AI.

Repository: https://github.com/dromara/liteflow
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/liteflow
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: component, dsl, flow-engine, hot-reload, java-rule-engine, rule-engine, java-rule, ai-agent, ai-agents
Last push: 2026-07-31T08:59:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2352, "days_push": 33, "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 3836, forks 524 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:23.855137+00:00)

## What it is
LiteFlow is a lightweight, programmable component-based rule engine for Java that orchestrates complex business logic via DSL rules (XML/JSON/YML) with hot reload and multi-language scripting. Since v2.16.0 it treats AI Agents as first-class components that can be orchestrated alongside ordinary business nodes.

## Use cases
- orchestrate complex business flows with reusable components
- build AI agent workflows alongside regular business logic
- hot-reload business rules without restarting the application
- mix synchronous and asynchronous steps in a rule chain
- load rules from Nacos, Zookeeper, Redis or a database
- embed scripting languages inside rule definitions

## When to choose
- you need a fast, stable rule/orchestration engine on the JVM
- you want AI agents orchestrated like ordinary components
- you need dynamic rule updates with hot deployment under high concurrency
- your stack is Spring Boot or plain Java from JDK8 to JDK25

## When to avoid
- you need a non-JVM runtime
- you want a visual drag-and-drop workflow UI rather than DSL rules
- your orchestration needs are simple enough for plain code or a BPM engine

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, agent-framework, middleware, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: rule-engine, orchestration, dsl, hot-reload, component-based, spring-boot, ai-agent-orchestration, scripting, ai-agents, automation, spring

## Member repositories
- dromara/liteflow (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:23.855137+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 2026-08-29T18:26:16.585737+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dromara/liteflow (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:23.855137+00:00, sha 64ec7363a22e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.