Application
Automation & Integration
Kestra
1Declarative 2orchestration 3for 4data 5and 6workflows
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Maintained by Kestra.
W2
What
A declarative, event-driven orchestration platform.
W3
Where
Self-hosted via Docker or Kestra Cloud.
W4
When
When orchestrating data, AI, and infrastructure workflows.
W5
Why
YAML workflows with a UI, at scale.
W6
With
Docker and the systems you orchestrate.
W7
Watch
Company-maintained; open-source (Apache-2.0 with some paid features), self-hostable. Self-hosting keeps orchestration and data on your infrastructure.
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