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Apache Airflow vs Digdag: catalog facts
Apache Airflow	Digdag
Free Free and open source, developed as an Apache Software Foundation project.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, Self-hosted, Command line
Workflows are plain Python, so tasks can be generated dynamically Web UI with status and logs for every task run	Single binary for both server and client Workflows in plain YAML with dependency resolution
Requires Python knowledge to define workflows You run and maintain the scheduler, workers and web server yourself	Aimed at data and operations pipelines rather than desktop automation Running it as a scheduler means operating your own server
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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