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    argoproj/argo-workflows

    #573 this week

    Workflow Engine for Kubernetes

    data-engineering
    cloud
    kubernetes
    machine-learning
    automation
    airflow
    argo
    argo-workflows
    batch-processing
    cloud-native
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    17.0K stars
    3.7K forks
    17.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 13, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #573 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 20%).

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 425 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #48 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 15, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Orchestrates container-native parallel workflows on Kubernetes using custom resource definitions.
    • Offers a lightweight, scalable, and cloud-agnostic workflow engine designed specifically for container environments.
    • Use for building complex machine learning pipelines that require parallel and sequential task execution on Kubernetes.
    • Use for automating CI/CD pipelines with containerized steps and Kubernetes-native resource management.
    • Use for managing large-scale batch data processing workflows with dependencies modeled as DAGs on Kubernetes.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Argo Workflows is implemented as a Kubernetes CRD (Custom Resource Definition).

    Argo is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) graduated project.

    Excerpt from the argoproj/argo-workflows README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Jul 31: +3Aug 1: +2Aug 19: +5Aug 29: -1

    +189 stars over 81 days across 12 snapshot days; best day +5 on Aug 19.

    Forks

    3.7K+115

    Open issues

    1.3K-127

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