windmill-labs/windmill
Open-source developer platform to power your entire infra and turn scripts into webhooks, workflows and UIs. Fastest workflow engine (13x vs Airflow). Open-source alternative to Retool and Temporal. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 1582
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 763
Adoption not part of the score
17687 stars · 1085 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Windmill is an open-source, self-hostable developer platform that turns scripts in Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL and other languages into webhooks, scheduled jobs, workflows (DAGs), and internal UIs. It combines a fast workflow engine and job orchestrator with low-code app builders, positioning itself as an alternative to Retool, Temporal, Airflow, and n8n.
Use cases
- turn scripts into webhooks and scheduled jobs
- orchestrate ETL data pipelines
- build internal tools and admin dashboards
- replace Airflow for workflow orchestration
- build internal apps with low-code builder
- run background jobs and queues self-hosted
- build AI agent workflows with tool calling
- expose internal scripts as API endpoints
When to choose
- you want a fast, self-hostable workflow engine with low per-task overhead
- your team prefers full code (Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL) over node-based low-code tools
- you need scripts, workflows, and internal apps on one platform with Git sync
- you want auto-generated UIs and webhooks from plain scripts
When to avoid
- you need a fully managed SaaS with no infrastructure to run
- you only need simple no-code automations without writing code
- you require AGPL-free licensing for commercial redistribution
- your workflows depend on vendor-branded native connectors rather than script-based integrations
Facets
application · maturity active
workflow-automation scheduling webhook api-framework developer-tools self-hosted etl secrets-management ui-components developer-tools backend self-hosted apis self-hosted python go rust cli cloud workflow-engine job-orchestrator internal-tools low-code retool-alternative temporal-alternative airflow-alternative dag app-builder git-sync automation data-engineering docker kubernetes web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6c60e2333ddc
- homepage: https://windmill.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · 59a80d70e70f
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/enterprise/onboarding · fetched 2026-08-29 · 55637b28ce30
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · 17daa8ede8e9
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/misc/benchmarks/competitors · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4d29e3102547
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/advanced/self_host · fetched 2026-08-29 · 30fbaa8861cc
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/advanced/git_sync · fetched 2026-08-29 · 88c6e4482ed6
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/integrations/integrations_on_windmill · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9aaa4d6b5cf8
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · e93697f2fcab
- site_page: https://www.windmill.dev/use-cases/scripts · fetched 2026-08-29 · fdf5727d785e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| windmill-labs/windmill | main | 95 |
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