# ovh/utask

µTask is an automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml. ✏️📋

Repository: https://github.com/ovh/utask
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/utask
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: workflow-engine, workflow-automation, golang-application, devops-tools, golang, angular8, automation, workflow, devops, go, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-07-29T09:22:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2493, "days_push": 35, "days_rel": 168, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1395, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.371486+00:00)

## What it is
µTask is a lightweight automation engine that models business processes as declarative YAML templates and asynchronously executes graphs of actions with retries and encrypted audit trails. It requires only a PostgreSQL database to operate and can be extended with custom Go plugins.

## Use cases
- automate kubernetes TLS certificate provisioning
- bootstrap new team members with accounts and SSH keys
- run asynchronous antifraud checks for a payments API
- model and execute business processes declared in yaml
- orchestrate multi-step tasks with retries around transient errors
- keep an encrypted auditable trace of task execution

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted workflow engine with only a postgres dependency
- you want declarative YAML process definitions with dependency graphs
- you need encrypted, auditable task execution with retry handling
- you want to extend automation with custom Go actions

## When to avoid
- you need a fully managed SaaS workflow service
- your workflows are simple cron-style scheduled jobs
- you require a language-agnostic plugin ecosystem beyond Go

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: workflow-automation, scheduling, webhook, api-framework, configuration-management
- domain: backend, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: workflow-engine, yaml-templates, task-orchestration, postgres, business-processes, angular-ui, automation, devops, linux, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- ovh/utask (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.371486+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 2026-08-30T04:39:24.072966+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ovh/utask (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.371486+00:00, sha 74ad506946fb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.