# Netflix/conductor

Conductor is a microservices orchestration engine.

Repository: https://github.com/Netflix/conductor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netflix-conductor
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: orchestration-engine, java, spring-boot, distributed-systems, workflow-management, microservice-orchestration, workflow-engine, reactjs, javascript, workflow-automation, grpc, workflows, orchestrator
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-12-22T23:40:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3556, "days_push": 985, "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 12753, forks 2328 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.721029+00:00)

## What it is
Conductor is a platform created by Netflix to orchestrate workflows that span across microservices, supporting workflow definitions in JSON or code with SDKs in multiple languages. Netflix discontinued maintenance of the OSS repository in December 2023, leaving the code as-is while the community maintains alternative forks.

## Use cases
- orchestrate microservice workflows
- manage distributed sagas across services
- coordinate long-running business processes
- build event-driven workflow pipelines
- visualize and monitor service task execution
- replace hand-rolled async job orchestration

## When to choose
- you need battle-tested microservices orchestration and are willing to use a community fork
- you want JSON or code-defined workflows with SDKs in many languages
- you need a self-hosted workflow engine with a React UI

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained upstream project - Netflix stopped maintaining it in December 2023
- you need guaranteed security patches or official support
- you prefer a lightweight in-process workflow library rather than a distributed orchestration server

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: workflow-automation, microservices, api-framework, developer-tools
- domain: microservices, backend
- platform: jvm, self-hosted
- tags: workflow-engine, orchestration-engine, netflix-oss, spring-boot, grpc, saga-pattern, discontinued, devops, automation, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- Netflix/conductor (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.721029+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 2026-08-29T17:13:49.022419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Netflix/conductor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.721029+00:00, sha b24262ee5bb9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.