kestra

What it does

An event-driven orchestration platform that unifies scheduled and triggered automation behind declarative YAML, with a visual builder and an execution view that makes failures locatable rather than mysterious. Language-agnostic tasks and a large plugin ecosystem mean it coordinates whatever you already run, AI steps included. Decide your alerting story before you depend on it — an orchestrator that silently stops is worse than a cron job you remember. Apache-2.0 core; some enterprise features sit under separate terms.

Summary based on the project's own description. The Japanese page has a fuller beginner guide: setup difficulty, what to prepare, and a step-by-step start.

Screenshots & visuals

Before you start

• Setup difficultyEasy to start
• Command lineRequired
• API keyNot required
• Sends data onlineYes

Judged automatically from the project's own metadata. Always confirm on the official page.

kestra FAQ

Is kestra free?

Yes. It runs on your own machine, so there is no usage-based cost either.

Do I need to install anything or write code to use kestra?

It needs the command line. If you are not comfortable typing commands, expect to get stuck during setup.

Does kestra work on a phone?

No. It needs a computer.

Can I use kestra commercially?

The licence is Apache-2.0, which permits commercial use. Conditions such as keeping the copyright notice still apply, so read the licence text before shipping it inside something.

How it compares

The conditions that decide whether you can actually use it, side by side.

"Sends data out" means your input is uploaded to someone's server. Pick "No" when the material cannot leave your organisation.

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