kestra-io/kestra is an open-source orchestration platform that runs workflows for data, AI, infrastructure, and business processes. The latest release cited by the repository is v2.0.7. The provided materials do not list what changed in this version. It is written in Java and released under the Apache-2.0 license. Workflows are declared in YAML and can be version-controlled with Git. They run automatically on a schedule or when an event occurs.
Orchestration is the work of automating the execution order and conditions of tasks. Kestra coordinates workflow execution through triggers, dependencies between tasks, retries, and plugins for external systems. It offers both scheduled and event-driven execution behind a language-agnostic interface. The same flow can be edited in the YAML editor, the No-Code editor, or AI Copilot. The documentation also covers workflow visualization and live syntax validation, integration with databases, cloud storage, and APIs, and running scripts in multiple languages. The repository description presents use cases spanning data, infrastructure, business processes, and AI agents.
The repository description states that it can scale to millions of executions, but the provided materials contain no performance measurements backing that figure. That number should therefore be read as a documented claim. The changelog for v2.0.7 is also not given, so what differs in this release cannot be confirmed.