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Kestra

Orchestration and scheduling platform for event-driven workflows.

Replaces

Paid workflow automation services, such as Zapier.

All open-source alternatives to Zapier

Difficulty

Difficulty: Medium

2 services (1 database or broker: postgres), 4 volume mounts, no env values to set, host access: docker_socket. Heuristic score 5 of 11: medium.

Stack

Java (language), PostgreSQL (database)

Deployment

docker_compose

Requirements

Not stated.

License

Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved open source)

Read from github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/LICENSE

Business model

Unknown

The README at the pinned commit does not state a business model, so it stays unknown.

Source: github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/README.md, read on .

Repository

kestra-io/kestra

GitHub stats

Stars
29,943
Forks
3,455
Open issues and pull requests
888
Last push
2026-10-22
Latest release
v2.0.7
Released
2026-10-20

From the GitHub API on . These numbers are a snapshot, not live. GitHub detected the license as Apache-2.0.

Compose file

Config check passed docker compose config exited 0 on this exact file on 2026-10-22.
docker-compose.yml Version 1
volumes:
  postgres-data:
    driver: local
  kestra-data:
    driver: local

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:18
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: kestra
      POSTGRES_USER: kestra
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: k3str4
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -d $${POSTGRES_DB} -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 10

  kestra:
    image: kestra/kestra:latest
    pull_policy: always
    restart: unless-stopped
    # Kestra, by default, has a termination grace period of 5m. We need to wait a little more to be sure no active tasks are running.
    stop_grace_period: 6m
    # Note that this setup with a root user is intended for development purpose.
    # Our base image runs without root, but the Docker Compose implementation needs root to access the Docker socket
    user: "root"
    command: server standalone
    volumes:
      - kestra-data:/app/storage
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - /tmp/kestra-wd:/tmp/kestra-wd
    environment:
      KESTRA_CONFIGURATION: |
        datasources:
          postgres:
            url: jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/kestra
            driverClassName: org.postgresql.Driver
            username: kestra
            password: k3str4
        kestra:
          # server:
          #   basic-auth:
          #     username: [email protected] # it must be a valid email address
          #     password: Admin1234! # it must be at least 8 characters long with uppercase letter and a number
          repository:
            type: postgres
          storage:
            type: local
            local:
              base-path: "/app/storage"
          queue:
            type: postgres
          tasks:
            tmp-dir:
              path: /tmp/kestra-wd/tmp
          url: http://localhost:8080/
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
      # The following is the management port, not exposed by default.
      # Note that exposing the management port is intended for development purpose as this port is un-authenticated by default
      # and expose sensitive information and actions.
      # - "8081:8081"
    depends_on:
      postgres:
        condition: service_healthy

From the app's own repository: github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/docker-compose.yml.

Compose file from the app repository.

Install

  1. Docker with the Compose plugin (github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/docker-compose.yml)

    A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.

  2. Save the compose file as docker-compose.yml (github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/docker-compose.yml)

    Use the compose file shown above.

  3. Start it (github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/docker-compose.yml)
    docker compose up -d
  4. Open the app (github.com/kestra-io/kestra/blob/4a67940/docker-compose.yml)

    Open http://localhost:8080. The compose file publishes host port 8080 for the kestra service.

Compose file check: config_ok on 2026-10-22.

Gotchas and maintenance

Gotchas

Signals

  • Open issues and pull requests: 888
  • Last push: 2026-10-22 (0 days before this page was built)
  • Latest release: v2.0.7 on 2026-10-20 (1 days before this page was built)