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Apache Airflow vs Luigi: catalog facts
Apache Airflow	Luigi
Free Free and open source, developed as an Apache Software Foundation project.	Free Free and open source, developed by Spotify.
Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Workflows are plain Python, so tasks can be generated dynamically Web UI with status and logs for every task run	Automatic dependency resolution between tasks Built-in visualisation of pipelines
Requires Python knowledge to define workflows You run and maintain the scheduler, workers and web server yourself	Pipelines must be written in Python Aimed at batch jobs rather than event-driven workflows
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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