Workflow Systems

Find the right system for your workflows

Explore the open source landscape and discover systems with rich community metadata.

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Open source systems
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Systems with WCI metadata

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AiiDA

A workflow manager for computational science with a strong focus on provenance, performance and extensibility.

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Python AiiDA v2.8.0 18 Jun 2026

TaskVine

An execution system for large scale data intensive dynamic workflows.

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Python release/7.17.1 18 Jun 2026

Swift/T

An MPI-based workflow system

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Built with C; programmed with the Swift/T language 1.6.6 18 Jun 2026

Snakemake

This is the development home of the workflow management system Snakemake. For general information, see

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Python v9.23.1 18 Jun 2026

Parsl

Productive parallel programming in Python

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Python 1.2.0 18 Jun 2026

pyiron

A workflow manager for scientific computing on high performance computing infrastructures

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python pyiron_base-0.15.15 18 Jun 2026

Makeflow

Makeflow is a workflow system for parallel and distributed computing that uses a language very similar to Make.

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Make release/7.17.1 18 Jun 2026

StreamFlow

Towards Cloud-HPC Continuum

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Python 0.2.0rc2 17 Jun 2026

DragonHPC

Accelerate distributed Python workflows

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Python 0.14.0 17 Jun 2026

Cylc

A general purpose workflow engine with a particular gift for cycling.

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Python cylc-flow-8.6.5 17 Jun 2026

RADICAL-AsyncFlow

High Performance Asynchronous Workflow Scripting Library

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Python 0.2.0 16 Jun 2026

Ewoks

Meta-workflow system for scientific data processing and expert systems

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Python 16 Jun 2026

SciPipe

Robust, flexible and resource-efficient pipelines using Go and the commandline.

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Go v0.12.0: Important bugfix. Minor API change. 14 Jun 2026

Covalent

Distributed workflows for quantum and HPC

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Python v0.241.0-rc.0 12 Jun 2026

Maestro Workflow Conductor

Orchestrate your HPC workflows with ease

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Python v1.2.0 10 Jun 2026

nipype

Neuroimaging in Python: Pipelines and Interfaces

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Python3 1.11.0 04 Jun 2026

Merlin

Enabling Machine Learning HPC Workflows

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Python Version 2.0.0b4 29 May 2026

WATTS

Workflow and Template Toolkit for Simulation

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Python 0.5.2 23 May 2026

SmartSim

Machine learning workflows with HPC applications (Python, C++, C, and Fortran)

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Python 0.8.0 20 May 2026

Geoweaver

a lightweight workflow software to easily orchestrate pipelines from Python and shell scripts and preserve history of every execution

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JavaScript v2.1.7-pre 07 May 2026

PyCOMPSs/COMPSs

Easy task-based parallelization and efficient execution in distributed infrastructures.

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Python, Java, C/C++, R 3.4 Poinsettia 28 Apr 2026

libEnsemble

Tool for running dynamic ensembles.

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Python 1.6.0 10 Apr 2026

DagOnStar

DAGonStar is a simple Python-based workflow engine that runs jobs on everything from the local machine to distributed virtual HPC clusters hosted in private and public clouds.

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Python v1.0.2 26 Nov 2025

RADICAL-EnTK

Ensemble Toolkit

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Python 1.102.0 06 Nov 2025

Apollo Runtime System

A runtime system for the orchestration of workflows across the cloud-edge-Iot continuum.

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Polyglot for Functions, AFCL for workflows v1.1.0 13 Dec 2021

More workflow systems

A growing list of open source systems shared by the community.

pegasus

Pegasus Workflow Management System - Automate, recover, and debug scientific computations.

Java 5.1.2 19 Jun 2026

nextflow

A DSL for data-driven computational pipelines

Groovy Version 26.05.0-edge 19 Jun 2026

dask

Parallel computing with task scheduling

Python 2026.6.0 19 Jun 2026

mlflow

The open source AI engineering platform for agents, LLMs, and ML models. MLflow enables teams of all sizes to debug, evaluate, monitor, and optimize production-quality AI applications while controlling costs and managing access to models and data.

Python v3.14.0 19 Jun 2026

toil

A WDL, CWL and Python API supporting easy-to-use workflow engine. It is scalable, efficient and cross-platform (Linux/macOS).

Python 9.5.0 18 Jun 2026

galaxy

Data intensive science for everyone.

Python v26.0.1 18 Jun 2026

globus-compute

Globus Compute: High Performance Function Serving for Science

Python 4.13.0 17 Jun 2026

cromwell

Scientific workflow engine designed for simplicity & scalability. Trivially transition between one off use cases to massive scale production environments

Scala 92 17 Jun 2026

jobflow

jobflow is a library for writing computational workflows.

Python v0.3.1 15 Jun 2026

fireworks

The Fireworks Workflow Management Repo.

Python v2.1.2 13 Jun 2026

signac-flow

Workflow management for signac-managed data spaces.

Python v0.29.0 06 May 2026

hyperflow

HyperFlow: a scientific workflow engine

JavaScript v1.8.0 03 May 2026

For a comprehensive list of workflow systems, see Computational Data Analysis Workflow Systems maintained by the CWL community.