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cadence

Active·★ 9.5k·APACHE·Updated 2026-10-08
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Cadence Workflow is an open-source, scalable, and fault-tolerant platform designed for building and running long-running processes. It provides a core orchestration engine, CLI tools, and a UI, supporting various databases and client SDKs for robust workflow management.

#Workflow Engine#Fault Tolerance#Distributed Systems#Orchestration#Scalability
$ Install
$ docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Scalable and Fault-Tolerant Workflow Execution
02Core Workflow Orchestration Engine
03Comprehensive Command Line Interface (CLI)
04Multi-language Client SDKs (Go, Java, Python, Ruby)
05Web-based User Interface for Workflow Monitoring
02

Compatibility

Cassandra
Native Support
Verified via docs
MySQL
Native Support
Verified via docs
PostgreSQL
Native Support
Verified via docs
Kafka
Optional Integration
Verified via docs
Elasticsearch
Optional Integration
Verified via docs
Go SDK
Official SDK
Verified via docs
03

Quick start

1
$ docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up
04

Use cases

↳Building highly scalable and fault-tolerant long-running business processes.
↳Orchestrating complex microservices interactions in a reliable manner.
↳Ensuring stateful execution and recovery for distributed applications.
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