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Conductor OSS vs Ofelia

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted automation & workflows options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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CO Conductor OSS Microservices and workflow orchestration engine VS OF Ofelia A docker-friendly job scheduler written in Go
FeatureConductor OSSOfelia
CategoryAutomation & WorkflowsAutomation & Workflows
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
LanguageJavaGo
Setup difficultyHardEasy
Min. RAM2,048 MB32 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, bare-metaldocker, binary
GitHub stars★ 32,066★ 3,955
First released20162016
ReplacesAWS Step Functions, Camundacron

Why pick each one

Choose Conductor OSS if…

  • Battle-tested at scale
  • Language-agnostic workers
Conductor OSS details

Choose Ofelia if…

  • Very lightweight
  • Docker-native scheduling
Ofelia details

Frequently asked questions

Is Conductor OSS or Ofelia better?

Neither is universally better. Conductor OSS has the larger community, while Ofelia is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are Conductor OSS and Ofelia free and open-source?

Yes. Conductor OSS is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Ofelia under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Conductor OSS and Ofelia with Docker?

Conductor OSS: yes. Ofelia: yes.

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