# danielgerlag/workflow-core

Lightweight workflow engine for .NET Standard

Repository: https://github.com/danielgerlag/workflow-core
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/workflow-core
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: workflow, saga-transactions, saga, workflow-engine, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-22T18:10:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3578, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 197.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5917, forks 1264 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.262282+00:00)

## What it is
Workflow Core is a lightweight, embeddable workflow engine for .NET Standard that orchestrates long-running processes with state tracking across multiple tasks. It supports fluent C#, JSON, and YAML workflow definitions, pluggable persistence and concurrency providers for multi-node clusters, and saga-style transaction handling with error retry.

## Use cases
- build long-running multi-step processes in .NET
- implement saga transactions with retry and compensation
- define workflows in JSON or YAML DSL
- track state of user onboarding workflows
- run distributed workflows across multi-node clusters
- wait for external events mid-workflow

## When to choose
- you need an embeddable workflow engine inside a .NET application
- you want saga-style error handling and retries for multi-step business processes
- you need pluggable persistence and multi-node concurrency support

## When to avoid
- you need a stand-alone workflow server with an API rather than a library
- your project is not on .NET / .NET Standard
- you need heavyweight BPMN-compliant orchestration

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: workflow-automation, scheduling, middleware
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform
- tags: workflow-engine, saga-transactions, fluent-api, long-running-processes, embeddable, persistence, automation

## Member repositories
- danielgerlag/workflow-core (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.262282+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 2026-08-29T17:51:14.823722+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/danielgerlag/workflow-core (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.262282+00:00, sha a2d826dd34ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.