Apache Airflow
Programmatic workflow orchestration
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Apache Airflow is the most popular workflow orchestration platform for data pipelines. DAG-based scheduling with Python. Massive ecosystem but showing its age.
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“The standard for data pipeline orchestration. Massive community, operator ecosystem, and battle-tested at scale.”
“Airflow works but its age shows. DAG development is slow, testing is painful, and the UI is dated. Dagster or Prefect are better.”
“Airflow defined data orchestration but newer tools like Dagster have better abstractions. Inertia keeps Airflow dominant.”