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Workflow managers for scheduling and orchestrating data pipelines.

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Apache Airflow

Programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code

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Conductor

Scalable orchestration engine for resilient microservice workflows

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Apache-2.0
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Kestra

Event-Driven Declarative Orchestration Platform for Modern Workflows

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Apache-2.0
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Prefect

Pythonic workflow engine for resilient, observable data pipelines

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Apache-2.0
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Windmill

Self-hosted platform to turn scripts into internal apps

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Dagster

Cloud-native orchestrator for developing and maintaining data assets

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Apache-2.0
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3 hours ago
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Programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code

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Apache Airflow is a platform for orchestrating complex workflows through code-defined DAGs, featuring a rich UI, extensible operators, and robust scheduling for batch data pipelines.

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Python • 4 projects

Expect a strong Python presence among maintained projects.

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Astronomer

Managed Apache Airflow service for orchestrating and monitoring data pipelines in the cloud

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Dagster

Data orchestration framework for building reliable pipelines

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ServiceNow

Enterprise workflow and IT service management

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Temporal

Durable execution workflow platform for orchestrating reliable microservices

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Astronomer is a managed workflow orchestration platform built on Apache Airflow, providing a cloud service for scheduling and monitoring data pipelines. It offers enhanced observability, scalability, and a control plane for Airflow, allowing data engineering teams to easily deploy and manage their Airflow DAGs with enterprise support and less infrastructure overhead.

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Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.