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Airflow

An open-source platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows as Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs).

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TECHNICAL DEFINITION

Apache Airflow is an open-source platform for programmatically authoring, scheduling, and monitoring complex data pipelines and workflows as Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs), enabling robust orchestration of tasks across various systems.

BACKGROUND

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SYNONYMS & ALIASES

  • Apache Airflow
  • Workflow Orchestrator
  • DAG Scheduler
  • Data Pipeline Tool

USAGE NOTE

Essential for orchestrating complex, scheduled data processing and ML pipelines.

DEVELOPERS

Organizations developing technology related to Airflow.

  • The Apache Software Foundation

    The non-profit organization that stewards the open-source Apache Airflow project. The community of developers under the ASF is responsible for the core development, maintenance, and releases of Airflow.

  • Astronomer

    A software company co-founded by the creator of Airflow. Astronomer provides Astro, a commercial, managed Airflow platform, and is a primary contributor to the open-source Apache Airflow project.

  • Google Cloud

    Offers Cloud Composer, a fully managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow. Google actively contributes code to the open-source project and deeply integrates it into its cloud ecosystem.

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    Provides Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA), a managed orchestration service that simplifies the setup and operation of Airflow on the AWS cloud.

  • Microsoft Azure

    Offers Managed Airflow as a capability within Azure Data Factory, providing a managed, scalable environment for running Airflow data pipelines natively on the Azure platform.

  • Databand

    An IBM company that develops a data observability platform with deep integration for Apache Airflow. Their technology monitors Airflow DAGs, tracks data lineage, and provides alerting on pipeline failures or data quality issues.

  • preset

    Founded by the creator of Apache Superset and Airflow, Preset develops a cloud-hosted service for Apache Superset. While focused on BI, the company has deep roots in the Airflow community and contributes to the data orchestration ecosystem.

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