The open-source alternative to n8n, Airflow, and Prefect — a single binary with zero dependencies.
IronFlow is a DAG-based workflow orchestration engine built in Rust with Lua scripting, designed for CI/CD pipelines, data processing, ETL jobs, API integrations, document extraction, and task automation. Define workflows in simple Lua scripts and run them on a sandboxed, async runtime with parallel step execution, retry logic, conditional routing, and a built-in REST API.
No Python, Node.js, or Docker required — just one binary that runs on Linux, macOS, edge servers, and air-gapped environments. With 97 built-in nodes spanning HTTP, files, S3, databases, AI/LLM, MCP, document extraction, and image processing — and sandboxed Lua that cannot touch the filesystem or OS unless you allow it — IronFlow is fast, safe, and easy to learn.
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