Project Title

kestra — Universal Workflow Orchestration Platform for Event-Driven and Scheduled Workflows

Overview

Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform designed to simplify both scheduled and event-driven workflows. It enables Infrastructure as Code best practices for data, process, and microservice orchestration, allowing developers to build reliable workflows directly from the UI using YAML. Kestra stands out for its rich plugin ecosystem and support for running scripts in any language.

Key Features

Everything as Code and from the UI: Workflows as code with Git Version Control integration.
Event-Driven & Scheduled Workflows: Automate both scheduled and real-time event-driven workflows.
Declarative YAML Interface: Define workflows using a simple configuration in the built-in code editor.
Rich Plugin Ecosystem: Hundreds of plugins for data extraction and running scripts in any language.
Intuitive UI & Code Editor: Build and visualize workflows directly from the UI with syntax highlighting and auto-completion.
Scalable: Designed to handle millions of workflows with high availability and fault tolerance.
Version Control Friendly: Write workflows from the built-in code Editor and push them to Git directly.

Use Cases

Data Orchestration: Automating data workflows across various databases and cloud storage.
Microservice Coordination: Managing and orchestrating microservices for complex applications.
Event-Driven Automation: Responding to real-time events with automated workflows.
Infrastructure Automation: Automating infrastructure setup and maintenance tasks.

Advantages

Supports any programming language, making it highly versatile.
Hundreds of plugins available for a wide range of data sources and actions.
Intuitive UI for building and visualizing workflows without deep technical knowledge.
Scalable architecture to handle a large volume of workflows.

Limitations / Considerations

The learning curve might be steep for those unfamiliar with YAML or workflow orchestration.
Custom plugin development might require a deeper understanding of Java and Kestra's architecture.

Apache Airflow: A platform created by Airbnb for authoring, scheduling, and monitoring workflows. It differs in that it is more Python-centric and has a different plugin ecosystem.
Prefect: An open-source workflow management system that allows for the creation and monitoring of data pipelines. It is more focused on Python and has a different approach to workflow visualization.

Basic Information

GitHub: https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra
Stars: 20,938
License: Unknown
Last Commit: 2025-09-07

📊 Project Information

Project Name: kestra
GitHub URL: https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra
Programming Language: Java
⭐ Stars: 20,938
🍴 Forks: 1,783
📅 Created: 2019-08-24
🔄 Last Updated: 2025-09-07

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