FlowSynx — Orchestrate Anything. Anywhere.

Lightweight, extensible, and powerful workflow orchestration for modern automation.

FlowSynx is a next-generation workflow orchestration platform that unifies automation, scalability, and extensibility in a single, developer-friendly ecosystem.
It bridges the gap between low-code simplicity and full-code power, allowing both developers and operations teams to automate complex tasks seamlessly across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Whether you’re streamlining DevOps, managing data pipelines, or building enterprise-grade automations, FlowSynx gives you the control, flexibility, and insight to make it happen.

• What is FlowSynx?
• How It Works
  • Core Concepts
• Task Lifecycle
• Execution Modes
• Runtime Context
• Why FlowSynx?
• Key Features
• Roadmap
• Get Started using FlowSynx
• Architecture Overview
  • Interaction Layers
  • Core Components
  • Environments
• User Interfaces
  • FlowCtl (CLI)
  • Web Console
• Related Repositories
• Community & Contributing
• License

In today’s fast-moving software landscape, organizations demand repeatable, modular, and secure automation — without the lock-in of rigid platforms.

FlowSynx redefines orchestration with:

• A .NET-based micro-kernel engine built for speed and reliability
• A plugin-driven architecture that evolves with your needs
• A JSON-based DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) workflow model that’s both human-readable and machine-friendly

FlowSynx turns your processes — from data management to API and ML/AI automation — into clear, maintainable, and reusable workflows.

At its core, FlowSynx executes DAG-based workflows where each task represents an atomic operation — reading data, transforming it, sending HTTP requests, or interacting with external systems.

• Workflow JSON — Define tasks, dependencies, and parameters in simple JSON
• Plugins — Modular building blocks for any functionality (file I/O, APIs, cloud storage, data transformation, ML/AI, etc.)
• Execution Engine — Smart orchestration with:
  • Task dependency resolution (topological sorting)
  • Shared execution context and secure state handling
  • Async execution, retries, and timeouts
  • Built-in logging, metrics, and auditing

Every task flows through a predictable, reliable lifecycle:

1. Initialization – Validates plugin and parameters
2. Dependency Wait – Ensures prerequisite tasks are done
3. Execution – Runs the plugin logic (e.g., ReadAsync, WriteAsync)
4. Error Handling – Retries, fallbacks, or workflow failover
5. Post-Processing – Logs, stores outputs, and passes results downstream

Choose how you run FlowSynx — on your terms:

• Shared Variables
• Secure Secrets Management
• Plugin Buffers & Metadata
• Real-Time State Tracking

Modern automation is complex — but it doesn’t have to be complicated.

FlowSynx is designed to:

• Empower developers with modularity and openness
• Simplify operations through declarative configuration
• Bridge teams across development, data, and business processes
• Scale effortlessly across environments

Built on clean architecture principles, FlowSynx offers clarity, control, and confidence — even in the most demanding automation scenarios.

✅ Plugin-Based Extensibility — Add, upgrade, or remove capabilities dynamically and version-controlled
✅ Cross-Platform Execution — Runs everywhere (Windows, Linux, macOS, Docker, Cloud)
✅ JSON-Defined Workflows — Declarative, portable, and version-controlled
✅ CLI & SDK Support — Total control for developers and DevOps teams
✅ Secure Authentication — JWT, Basic Auth
✅ Triggers & Events — Webhooks, schedules, and file-change detection
✅ Human-in-the-Loop Tasks — Combine automation with human approval
✅ Advanced Logging & Auditing — Full transparency into every execution
✅ Error Handling - Flexible Error Handling and Retry Policies per task and workflow level
✅ Marketplace & Registry — Discover and manage plugins easily
✅ Web Console UI — Intuitive dashboard for workflow monitoring and control

Curious about what’s next? Review the planned milestones in our Roadmap.

Ready to try FlowSynx? Start automating in minutes.

📘 Documentation: Getting Started Guide
🧩 Samples: Example Workflows & Configs

Want to contribute or run FlowSynx locally? Use this quickstart to build from source in minutes.

• .NET 9 SDK — confirm with dotnet --version (should report 9.x)
• Git

git clone https://github.com/flowsynx/flowsynx
cd flowsynx
dotnet restore
dotnet build --configuration Release
dotnet test

• Commands are cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS).
• Build artifacts land in each project's bin/Release directory.

For advanced workflows (Docker, local environment setup, contributing guidelines), see CONTRIBUTING.md.

• CLI (FlowCtl) — Lightweight command-line orchestration
• REST API Gateway — Secure, API-first automation
• SDKs & Libraries — Integrate FlowSynx into your own apps

• Workflow Orchestrator — Executes and manages JSON-defined DAGs
• Plugin Manager — Loads and maintains plugins dynamically
• Security & Auth Layer — Ensures safe access and execution
• Logging & Auditing Engine — Observability built in
• Trigger Engine — React to events, schedules, and external signals

Deploy FlowSynx in local, server, container, or cloud-native setups — with complete portability.

Powerful, scriptable, and developer-friendly.

A clean, interactive dashboard for:

• Workflow management
• Real-time monitoring
• Execution logs and metrics
• Human task approvals

Join a growing community of developers and automation experts.
You can:

• 💡 Submit ideas and feature requests
• 🔌 Build and publish plugins
• 🧱 Contribute to the core or documentation
• 🌍 Collaborate in discussions
• 🤝 Review the Code of Conduct to help keep the community welcoming

👉 See CONTRIBUTING.md

We would greatly appreciate your contributions and suggestions!
One of the easiest ways to contribute is to participate in Discord discussions.

Reach out with any questions you may have — we’ll make sure to answer them as soon as possible.
As a community member, feel free to jump in and help others, too!

We take the security of FlowSynx seriously.
If you discover a vulnerability, please review our Security Policy for responsible disclosure guidelines.
Thank you for helping us keep the community safe!

FlowSynx is open-source and licensed under the MIT License.
See LICENSE for details.