Kestra on Cloudron – Open Source Workflow Orchestration with Developer Symmetry

[canadaduane]

Main Page: https://kestra.io
Git: https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra
Licence: Apache 2.0
Docker: Yes

Summary:

Kestra is a powerful, fully open-source declarative workflow orchestration engine. It allows developers and low-code users to define, run, and monitor complex workflows using either a UI or YAML-based code. Kestra integrates smoothly with modern developer tooling, including GitHub, and supports two-way synchronization between the UI and code—making it ideal for teams that blend visual and code-based development styles.

Notes:

I've previously used N8N and ActivePieces on Cloudron. While both have strengths, N8N is difficult to integrate with version-controlled development, and ActivePieces limits its useful features behind paywalls. Kestra offers a more open and developer-friendly alternative. With over 18k GitHub stars and 600+ plugins (including LLM support), it has a vibrant and growing ecosystem. I especially appreciate its ability to sync workflows between UI and code, making collaboration seamless between engineers and non-coders.

Alternative to / Libhunt link:

Alternative to: N8N, Airflow, ActivePieces
Product hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/kestra

[james]

Hello @canadaduane
Please use this template to make an App Wishlist request
https://forum.cloudron.io/post/94152

[robi]

This is a nice find!

It also looks simple to package as per their Dockerfile. Needs Java and some python packages presumably for plugins.

Uses Postgres or Mysql for DB.

Might install in the LAMP app too.

Try Kestra Live Demo.

[robi]

Title should probably be:

Workflow Automation Platform. Orchestrate & Schedule code in any language, run anywhere, 600+ plugins. Alternative to ActivePieces, Airflow, n8n, Rundeck, VMware vRA, Zapier, etc

[canadaduane]

@james Updated

[canadaduane]

We packaged it up for Cloudron here: https://github.com/halecraft/kestra-cloudron

[girish]

@canadaduane very nice, will take a look. Maybe you can update to base image 5.0.0 as well. That image is based on Ubuntu 24.04 and is the default for quite some time now. I think maybe you need to update the CLI tool (which has the correct base image).

[girish]

@canadaduane said in Kestra on Cloudron – Open Source Workflow Orchestration with Developer Symmetry:

Demo: https://demo.kestra.io/

Looks like this doesn't work anymore

[canadaduane]

@girish Sorry, looks like I got it confused with Windmill. I can't find the Kestra demo.