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Apache Airflow - A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows. airflow is open source, written primarily in Python, released under Apache License 2.0. Its repository has 46.3K GitHub stars and 17.5K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks.
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Prefect is a workflow orchestration framework for building resilient data pipelines in Python.
Visit ↗| Fact | airflow | prefect |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 46.3K | 23.5K |
| Forks | 17.5K | 2.4K |
| Open issues | 1.8K | 822 |
| Last commit | today | yesterday |
Both products are placed in Workflow automation (Zapier-style). A category organises the market; it carries no score. See all airflow alternatives.