Apache Airflow

Apache Airflow (or simply Airflow) is a platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows.

When workflows are defined as code, they become more maintainable, versionable, testable, and collaborative.

Use Airflow to author workflows as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) of tasks. The Airflow scheduler executes your tasks on an array of workers while following the specified dependencies. Rich command line utilities make performing complex surgeries on DAGs a snap. The rich user interface makes it easy to visualize pipelines running in production, monitor progress, and troubleshoot issues when needed.

Table of contents

Getting started
Beyond the Horizon
Principles
User Interface
Contributing
Who uses Apache Airflow?
Who Maintains Apache Airflow?
Links

Getting started

Please visit the Airflow Platform documentation (latest stable release) for help with installing Airflow, getting a quick start, or a more complete tutorial.

Documentation of GitHub master (latest development branch): ReadTheDocs Documentation

For further information, please visit the Airflow Wiki.

Beyond the Horizon

Airflow is not a data streaming solution. Tasks do not move data from one to the other (though tasks can exchange metadata!). Airflow is not in the Spark Streaming or Storm space, it is more comparable to Oozie or Azkaban.

Workflows are expected to be mostly static or slowly changing. You can think of the structure of the tasks in your workflow as slightly more dynamic than a database structure would be. Airflow workflows are expected to look similar from a run to the next, this allows for clarity around unit of work and continuity.

Principles

Dynamic: Airflow pipelines are configuration as code (Python), allowing for dynamic pipeline generation. This allows for writing code that instantiates pipelines dynamically.
Extensible: Easily define your own operators, executors and extend the library so that it fits the level of abstraction that suits your environment.
Elegant: Airflow pipelines are lean and explicit. Parameterizing your scripts is built into the core of Airflow using the powerful Jinja templating engine.
Scalable: Airflow has a modular architecture and uses a message queue to orchestrate an arbitrary number of workers.

User Interface

DAGs: Overview of all DAGs in your environment.
Tree View: Tree representation of a DAG that spans across time.
Graph View: Visualization of a DAG's dependencies and their current status for a specific run.
Task Duration: Total time spent on different tasks over time.
Gantt View: Duration and overlap of a DAG.
Code View: Quick way to view source code of a DAG.

Contributing

Want to help build Apache Airflow? Check out our contributing documentation.

Who uses Apache Airflow?

As the Apache Airflow community grows, we'd like to keep track of who is using the platform. Please send a PR with your company name and @githubhandle if you may.

Currently officially using Airflow:

4G Capital [@posei]
6play [@lemourA, @achaussende, @d-nguyen, @julien-gm]
8fit [@nicor88, @frnzska]
90 Seconds [@aaronmak]
99 [@fbenevides, @gustavoamigo & @mmmaia]
AdBOOST [AdBOOST]
Adobe [@mishikaSingh, @ramandumcs, @vardancse]
Agari [@r39132]
Agoda [@akki]
Airbnb [@mistercrunch, @artwr]
AirDNA
Airfinity [@sibowyer]
Airtel [@harishbisht]
Alan [@charles-go]
allegro.pl [@kretes]
AloPeyk [@blcksrx, @AloPeyk]
AltX [@pedromduarte]
AMPATH[@AMPATH, @fatmali]
Apigee [@btallman]
ARGO Labs [@California Data Collaborative]
ARMEDANGELS [@swiffer]
Arquivei [@arquivei]
Arrive
Asana [@chang, @dima-asana, @jdavidheiser, @ricardoandresrojas]
Astronomer [@schnie, @andscoop, @tedmiston, @benjamingregory]
Auth0 [@sicarul]
Away [@trunsky]
Azri Solutions [@userimack]
Bagelcode
BalanceHero [@swalloow]
Banco de Formaturas [@guiligan]
BandwidthX [@dineshdsharma]
Basetis
BBM
Beamly [@christopheralcock]
Beeswax
Bellhops
BelugaDB [@fabio-nukui & @joao-sallaberry & @lucianoviola & @tmatuki]
Betterment [@betterment]
Bexs Bank [@felipefb & @ilarsen]
BlaBlaCar [@puckel & @wmorin]
Blacklane [@serkef]
Bloc [@dpaola2]
Bloomberg [@dimberman]
Blue Yonder [@blue-yonder]
BlueApron [@jasonjho & @matthewdavidhauser]
Bluecore [@JLDLaughlin]
Bluekiri [@Bluekiri]
Boda Telecom Suite - CE [@erssebaggala, @bodastage]
Bodastage Solutions [@erssebaggala, @bodastage]
Bombora Inc [@jeffkpayne, @pakelley, @dNavalta, @austynh, @TheOriginalAlex]
Bonial International GmbH
Bonnier Broadcasting [@wileeam]
BounceX [@JoshFerge, @hudsonrio, @ronniekritou]
Braintree [@coopergillan, @curiousjazz77, @raymondberg]
Branch [@sdebarshi, @dmitrig01]
Caesars Entertainment
California Data Collaborative powered by ARGO Labs
Capital One [@anoopengineer]
Carbonite [@ajbosco]
CarLabs [@sganz & @odannyc]
CAVA [@minh5 & @patchus]
Celect [@superdosh & @chadcelect]
Censys [@zakird, @dadrian, & @andrewsardone]
Change.org [@change, @vijaykramesh]
Chartboost [@cgelman & @dclubb]
Checkr [@tongboh]
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Division of Genomic Diagnostics [@genomics-geek]
Cinimex DataLab [@kdubovikov]
City of San Diego [@MrMaksimize, @andrell81 & @arnaudvedy]
City of Toronto [@CityofToronto, @radumas]
Civey [@WesleyBatista]
Clairvoyant [@shekharv]
Classmethod, Inc. [@shoito]
Cleartax [@anks & @codebuff]
Clover Health [@gwax & @vansivallab]
Collectivehealth Inc. [@retornam]
Compass [@wdhorton]
ConnectWise [@jacobeturpin]
ContaAzul [@bern4rdelli, @renanleme & @sabino]
Cotap [@maraca & @richardchew]
Craig@Work
Crealytics
Credit Karma [@preete-dixit-ck & @harish-gaggar-ck & @greg-finley-ck]
Creditas [@dcassiano]
CreditCards.com[@vmAggies & @jay-wallaby]
Cryptalizer.com
Custom Ink [@david-dalisay, @dmartin11 & @mpeteuil]
Dailymotion [@germaintanguy & @hc]
Danamica [@testvinder]
Data Reply [@kaxil]
DataCamp [@dgrtwo]
DataFox [@sudowork]
Digital First Media [@duffn & @mschmo & @seanmuth]
DigitalOcean [@ajbosco]
DoorDash
Dotmodus [@dannylee12]
Drivy [@AntoineAugusti]
Easy Taxi [@caique-lima & @diraol]
EllisDon [@d2kalra & @zbasama]
Enigma [@hydrosquall]
eRevalue [@hamedhsn]
Etsy [@mchalek]
evo.company [@orhideous]
Experity (formerly DocuTAP) [@cloneluke & @tobyjoliver]
Fathom Health
Firestone Inventing [@zihengCat]
Flipp [@sethwilsonwishabi]
Format [@format & @jasonicarter]
FreshBooks [@DinoCow]
FullContact
Fuller, Inc. [@wutali & @sh-tech]
Fundera [@andyxhadji]
G Adventures [@chchtv11, @tgumbley, @tomwross]
GameWisp [@tjbiii & @theryanwalls]
GeneCards [@oferze]
Gentner Lab [@neuromusic]
Get Simpl [@rootcss]
GitLab [@tlapiana & @tayloramurphy]
Glassdoor [@syvineckruyk & @sid88in]
Global Fashion Group [@GFG]
GoDataDriven [@BasPH, @danielvdende, @ffinfo, @Fokko, @gglanzani, @hgrif, @jrderuiter, @NielsZeilemaker]
GovTech GDS [@chrissng & @datagovsg]
Grab [@calvintran]
Gradeup [@gradeup]
Grand Rounds [@richddr, @timz1290, @wenever, & @runongirlrunon]
Groupalia [@jesusfcr]
Groupon [@stevencasey]
Growbots[@exploy]
Gusto [@frankhsu]
Handshake [@mhickman]
Handy [@marcintustin / @mtustin-handy]
happn [@pcorbel]
HAVAN [@botbiz]
HBC Digital [@tmccartan & @dmateusp]
HBO[@yiwang]
Healthjump [@miscbits]
HelloFresh [@tammymendt & @davidsbatista & @iuriinedostup]
Hipages [@arihantsurana]
Holimetrix [@thibault-ketterer]
Hootsuite
Hostnfly [@CyrilLeMat & @pierrechopin & @alexisrosuel]
HotelQuickly [@zinuzoid]
Huq Industries [@huqindustries, @alepuccetti, @turbomerl]
Iflix [@ChaturvediSulabh]
IFTTT [@apurvajoshi]
iHeartRadio[@yiwang]
imgix [@dclubb]
ING
Instacart 🥕 [@arp1t & @code-sauce & @jasonlew & @j4p3 & @lubert & @mmontagna & @RyanAD &@zzadeh]
Intercom [@fox & @paulvic]
Interia
Investorise [@svenvarkel]
iS2.co [@iS2co]
Jampp
Jeitto [@BrennerPablo & @ds-mauri]
Jetlore [@bderose]
JobTeaser [@stefani75 & @knil-sama]
JULO [@sepam & @tenapril & @verzqy]
Kalibrr [@charlesverdad]
Kargo [@chaithra-yenikapati, @akarsh3007 & @dineshanchan]
Karmic [@hyw]
King [@nathadfield]
Kiwi.com [@underyx]
Kogan.com [@geeknam]
Korbit [@jensenity]
KPN B.V. [@biyanisuraj & @gmic]
Kroton Educacional
Lemann Foundation [@fernandosjp]
LeMans Corporation [@alloydwhitlock] & [@tinyrye]
LendUp [@lendup]
LetsBonus [@jesusfcr & @OpringaoDoTurno]
Liberty Global [@LibertyGlobal]
liligo [@tromika]
LingoChamp [@haitaoyao]
Logitravel Group
Los Angeles Times [@standyro]
LokSuvidha [@saurabhwahile]
Lucid [@jbrownlucid & @kkourtchikov]
Lumos Labs [@rfroetscher & @zzztimbo]
Lyft [@feng-tao, @milton0825, @astahlman, @youngyjd, @ArgentFalcon]
M4U [@msantino]
Madrone [@mbreining & @scotthb]
Markovian [@al-xv, @skogsbaeck, @waltherg]
Mercadoni [@demorenoc]
Mercari [@yu-iskw]
MFG Labs
MiNODES [@dice89, @diazcelsa]
Modernizing Medicine[@kehv1n, @dalupus]
Multiply [@nrhvyc]
mytaxi [@mytaxi]
Neoway [@neowaylabs]
Nerdwallet
New Relic [@marcweil]
Newzoo [@newzoo-nexus]
NEXT Trucking [@earthmancash2, @kppullin]
Nextdoor [@SivaPandeti, @zshapiro & @jthomas123]
Nine [@TheZepto]
OdysseyPrime [@davideberdin]
OfferUp
OneFineStay [@slangwald]
Open Knowledge International @vitorbaptista
Optum - UnitedHealthGroup [@hiteshrd]
Outcome Health [@mikethoun, @rolandotribo]
Overstock [@mhousley & @mct0006]
OVH [@ncrocfer & @anthonyolea]
Pagar.me [@pagarme]
Palo Alto Networks [@PaloAltoNetworks]
Pandora Media [@Acehaidrey & @wolfier]
PayFit [@pcorbel]
PAYMILL [@paymill & @matthiashuschle]
PayPal [@r39132 & @jhsenjaliya]
Pernod-Ricard [@romain-nio]
Plaid [@plaid, @AustinBGibbons & @jeeyoungk]
Playbuzz [@clintonboys & @dbn]
PMC [@andrewm4894]
Poshmark
Postmates [@syeoryn]
Premise [@jmccallum-premise]
Pronto Tools [@zkan & @mesodiar]
proton.ai [@prmsolutions]
Publicis Pixelpark [@feluelle]
PubNub [@jzucker2]
PXYData [@patchus]
Qplum [@manti]
Quantopian [@eronarn]
Qubole [@msumit]
Quizlet [@quizlet]
Quora
Raízen [@rudlac & @guifneves]
REA Group
Reddit [@reddit]
Reverb[@reverbdotcom]
Revolut [@sztanko & @nautilus28]
Robinhood [@vineet-rh]
Scaleway [@kdeldycke]
Seasoned [@joshuacano] & [@mmyers] & [@tjward]
Secret Escapes [@secretescapes]
Semantics3 [@abishekk92]
Sense360 [@kamilmroczek]
Sentry.io [@tiopi]
Shopkick [@shopkick]
Sidecar [@getsidecar]
SimilarWeb [@similarweb]
Skyscanner [@skyscanner]
SmartNews [@takus]
SnapTravel
SocialCops [@vinayak-mehta & @sharky93]
Société générale [@medmrgh & @s83]
Spotahome [@spotahome]
SpotHero [@benjigoldberg]
Spotify [@znichols]
Square
Stackspace
StoneCo [@lgwacker]
Strava [@strava, @dhuang & @liamstewart]
Stripe [@jbalogh]
Strongmind [@tomchapin & @wongstein]
Surfline [@jawang35]
T2 Systems [@unclaimedpants]
Tails.com [@alanmcruickshank]
TEK [@telac]
Telefonica Innovation Alpha [@Alpha-Health]
Telia Company
Tesla [@thoralf-gutierrez]
The Home Depot[@apekshithr]
THE ICONIC [@revathijay] [@ilikedata]
Thinking Machines [@marksteve]
Thinknear [@d3cay1, @ccson, & @ababian]
ThoughtWorks [@sann3]
Thumbtack [@natekupp]
Tictail
Tile [@ranjanmanish]
Tinder [@kbendick]
Tokopedia [@topedmaria]
Trocafone [@idontdomath & @gseva & @ordonezf & @PalmaLeandro]
Twine Labs [@ivorpeles]
Twitter [@aoen]
Ubisoft [@Walkoss]
United Airlines [@ilopezfr]
Upsight
VeeR VR [@pishilong]
Veikkaus [@hixus]
Vente-Exclusive.com [@alexvanboxel]
Vevo [@csetiawan & @jerrygillespie]
Vidio
Ville de Montréal @VilledeMontreal]
Vnomics [@lpalum]
Walmart Labs [@bharathpalaksha]
Waze [@waze]
WePay [@criccomini & @mtagle]
WeTransfer [@coredipper & @higee & @azclub]
Whistle Labs [@ananya77041]
WiseBanyan
Wooga
Xero [@yan9yu & adamantnz]
Xoom
Yahoo!
Yieldr [@ggeorgiadis]
Zapier [@drknexus & @statwonk]
Zego [@ruimffl, @james-welly, @ken-payne]
Zendesk
Zenly [@cerisier & @jbdalido]
Zymergen
Zynga

Who Maintains Apache Airflow?

Airflow is the work of the community, but the core committers/maintainers are responsible for reviewing and merging PRs as well as steering conversation around new feature requests. If you would like to become a maintainer, please review the Apache Airflow committer requirements.

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