µTask
Automation engine that models and executes business processes declared in yaml.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Jul 2026.
Comparisons in Automation: Zapier alternatives, BambooHR alternatives, Cronitor alternatives.
At a glance
µTask quick facts
- Health score
- 55/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,412
- Last commit
- 3 months ago (Jul 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.34.0, Mar 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
Top alternatives to µTask
In its own words
The project's README opens: "µTask is an automation engine built for the cloud. It is: - simple to operate: only a postgres DB is required - secure: all data is encrypted, only visible to authorized users - extensible: you can develop custom actions in golang."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
µTask scores 55/100, #26 of 32 in Automation: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.34.0, 8 months ago) earns 22.9 of 25, 1,412 stars add 12.6 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 22.9 / 25
v1.34.0 released 8 months ago
- Stars 12.6 / 20
1.4k 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
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 11
- Last 12 months
- 3 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #26 of 32 tools in Automation by health , between LazyLibrarian (#25) and HandBrake Web (#27) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.34.0 · 8 months ago |
| Stars | 1,412 |
| Open issues | 30 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | ovh/utask ↗ |
µTask vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with µTask (Automation), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activepieces | 98 | 25k | MIT | today |
| Dagu | 95 | 4.5k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| gocron | 91 | 625 | MIT | 7 days ago |
| n8n | 90 | 209k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| µTask (this tool) | 55 | 1.4k | BSD-3-Clause | 3 months ago |
| Automatisch | 49 | 14k | AGPL-3.0 | 9 months ago |
µTask: common questions
Is µTask still maintained?
µTask had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 months ago; the latest tagged release, v1.34.0, is from 8 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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