Best Real-Time Automation & Workflows for self-hosting

Microservices and workflow orchestration engine

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Camunda

Distributed task queue for Python with scheduling support

Replaces AWS Batch, AWS SQS

Modern workflow orchestration for data and Python pipelines

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory

Node-RED

Automation & Workflows

Flow-based programming for event-driven apps

Replaces Zapier

Durable execution platform for reliable distributed workflows

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Logic Apps

Distributed visual workflow scheduling platform

Replaces AWS Step Functions, Azure Data Factory

Headless browser automation as a self-hosted service

Replaces Browserbase

Watch files and trigger actions when they change

Replaces fswatch

Open-source data pipeline tool for transforming and integrating data

Replaces Azure Data Factory, Apache Airflow

Distributed background task queue with a modern UI

Replaces Celery, Temporal

UpSnap

Automation & Workflows

Wake-on-LAN dashboard to power devices on and off

Replaces Commercial WOL apps

Self-hosted task scheduler with a web management UI

Replaces cron, Rundeck

Visual dataflow automation and routing system

Replaces Azure Data Factory, Zapier

Event-driven workflow and background job platform

Replaces Zapier, AWS Step Functions

Cronicle

Automation & Workflows

Distributed task scheduler with a web UI

Replaces Zapier

Real-time updates protocol and server-sent events hub

Replaces Pusher

Durable execution engine for resilient applications

Replaces Temporal

autobrr

Automation & Workflows

Automation tool for filtering and processing release feeds

Replaces Zapier

Tray application and CLI for managing Syncthing

Replaces Resilio Sync

Platform for managing Node-RED instances and teams

Monitoring and issue detection for Celery task queues

Replaces Flower