flowctl
Self-service workflow execution platform with approvals, remote execution and scheduling.
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Still maintained? Yes: 54 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.15.0 (Sep 2026).
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At a glance
flowctl quick facts
- Health score
- 90/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 343
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.15.0, Sep 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Flowctl is a self-service platform that gives users secure access to complex workflows, all in a single binary. These workflows could be anything, granting SSH access to an instance, provisioning infra, or custom business process automation. The executor paradigm in flowctl makes it domain-agnostic."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
flowctl scores 90/100, #12 of 32 in Automation: 54 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.15.0, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 343 stars add 10.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 9.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
54 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.15.0 released 2 months ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 10.1 / 20
343 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 54
- Last 90 days
- 191
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 32 tools in Automation by health , between gocron (#11) and HomeButler (#13) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.15.0 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 343 |
| Open issues | 4 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | cvhariharan/flowctl ↗ |
flowctl vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with flowctl (Automation), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Airflow | 99 | 47k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Activepieces | 98 | 25k | MIT | today |
| changedetection.io | 98 | 35k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| flowctl (this tool) | 90 | 343 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| n8n | 90 | 209k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| StackStorm | 56 | 6.6k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
flowctl: common questions
Is flowctl still maintained?
flowctl had 54 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.15.0, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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