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

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