openworkflowdev/openworkflow

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

OpenWorkflow is an open-source TypeScript framework for building durable, resumable workflows backed by PostgreSQL or SQLite. It memoizes each step so workflows survive crashes and deploys, resuming from the last completed step without repeating side effects.

Use cases

• build durable multi-step workflows in typescript
• process background jobs that survive server crashes
• charge a card and send email without duplicate side effects on retry
• schedule follow-up emails days after signup with durable sleep
• run parallel steps with per-step crash recovery
• orchestrate order processing or user onboarding flows
• self-host a workflow engine using postgres or sqlite

When to choose

• you need durable execution in TypeScript on Node.js or Bun
• you want crash-safe retries where completed steps never re-run
• you prefer using your existing PostgreSQL or SQLite database as the source of truth instead of a separate orchestration service
• you need workflows that can sleep for hours or months without consuming worker capacity

When to avoid

• you need a language other than TypeScript/JavaScript
• you require a battle-tested engine with a large ecosystem and long production track record
• you need distributed orchestration across many services beyond a single database backend
• you want a fully managed hosted workflow service

Facets

framework · maturity active

workflow-automation scheduling concurrency cli developer-tools backend developer-tools web-development bun cli self-hosted durable-execution workflow-engine background-jobs postgresql sqlite crash-recovery task-orchestration resumable-workflows automation nodejs typescript

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