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Prefect

★ 17k

Pythonic workflow engine — decorate a function and it becomes a scheduled, retryable, observable flow.

Prefect does the job of Prefect Cloud, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. Prefect Cloud bills $100 for it. 17k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Prefect Cloud.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$100
GitHub stars
17k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have not written a verdict on Prefect Cloud yet, so this page says what Prefect is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.

Prefect questions

Is Prefect open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can I self-host Prefect?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host.

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