Apache DolphinScheduler

aid: apache-dolphinscheduler
name: Apache DolphinScheduler
description: Apache DolphinScheduler is a modern distributed and extensible data orchestration platform governed by the Apache
  Software Foundation. It provides a DAG-based visual workflow designer, multi-master/multi-worker architecture for horizontal
  scaling, and a comprehensive REST API for programmatic control. It supports dozens of task types (Shell, Spark, Flink, SQL,
  Python, HTTP, etc.), multi-cloud deployments, multi-tenancy, backfill, and a Python SDK (PyDolphinScheduler).
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  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
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tags:
- Apache
- DAG
- Data Pipeline
- Open Source
- Orchestration
- Python
- Scheduling
- Workflow
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-19'
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specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: apache-dolphinscheduler:apache-dolphinscheduler-rest-api
  name: Apache DolphinScheduler REST API
  description: The DolphinScheduler REST API enables programmatic management of projects, workflow definitions (DAGs), workflow
    instances, task types, schedules, resources, data sources, alerts, tenants, and users. Authentication is via API token.
    A Swagger UI is available at /dolphinscheduler/swagger-ui/index.html.
  humanURL: https://dolphinscheduler.apache.org/en-us/docs/latest/user_doc/guide/open-api.html
  tags:
  - Alerts
  - DAG
  - Data Sources
  - Projects
  - REST
  - Resources
  - Scheduling
  - Tasks
  - Tenants
  - Workflow
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    url: https://dolphinscheduler.apache.org/en-us/docs/latest/user_doc/guide/open-api.html
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  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/apache/dolphinscheduler
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/apache-airflow-providers-apache-dolphinscheduler/
    title: Python SDK (PyDolphinScheduler)
  - type: Tools
    url: https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/dolphinscheduler-standalone-server
    title: Docker Image
  - type: Tools
    url: https://github.com/apache/dolphinscheduler-operator
    title: Kubernetes Operator
  - type: JSONSchema
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    title: Schedule
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    title: Task Definition
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/apache-dolphinscheduler-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/apache-dolphinscheduler-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apache-dolphinscheduler
- type: Portal
  url: https://dolphinscheduler.apache.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://dolphinscheduler.apache.org/en-us/docs/latest/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://dolphinscheduler.apache.org/en-us/docs/latest/user_doc/start/quick-start.html
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  url: https://github.com/apache
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  url: https://github.com/apache/dolphinscheduler
- type: SDKs
  url: https://github.com/apache/dolphinscheduler-sdk-python
  title: PyDolphinScheduler Python SDK
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: DAG Visual Workflow Designer
    description: Web-based drag-and-drop interface for building directed acyclic graph (DAG) workflows with real-time execution
      visualization.
  - name: REST Open API
    description: Comprehensive REST API for all platform operations including workflow management, scheduling, resource management,
      and administration.
  - name: Multi-Master/Worker Architecture
    description: Decentralized architecture with horizontal scaling support, capable of processing tens of millions of tasks
      per day.
  - name: Rich Task Types
    description: Built-in task types including Shell, Spark, Flink, SQL, Python, HTTP, DataX, Seatunnel, Jupyter, and custom
      task plugins.
  - name: Multi-Tenancy
    description: Supports multiple tenants with isolated resource quotas, permissions, and workflow namespaces.
  - name: Workflow Versioning
    description: Version control for workflow definitions and instances, enabling rollback and auditing of workflow changes.
  - name: Data Source Management
    description: Unified data source management supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, Hive, Trino, Spark, ClickHouse, and many other
      databases.
  - name: Python SDK
    description: PyDolphinScheduler allows defining and managing workflows programmatically in Python with code-first workflow
      authoring.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Data Pipeline Orchestration
    description: Orchestrate complex ETL/ELT data pipelines with dependencies, retries, and monitoring across distributed
      systems.
  - name: Machine Learning Workflows
    description: Schedule and manage ML model training, evaluation, and deployment pipelines with task dependencies.
  - name: Multi-Cloud Data Workflows
    description: Orchestrate workflows spanning multiple cloud providers and data centers with unified scheduling.
  - name: SQL and Analytics Scheduling
    description: Schedule recurring SQL queries, reports, and analytics jobs against multiple data sources.
  - name: DevOps and CI/CD Pipelines
    description: Automate deployment workflows, data quality checks, and operational tasks with DolphinScheduler DAGs.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache Spark
    description: Native Spark task type for submitting Spark batch and streaming jobs from DolphinScheduler workflows.
  - name: Apache Flink
    description: Native Flink task type for submitting Flink stream processing jobs.
  - name: Apache Hive
    description: Hive data source and task type for SQL-on-Hadoop workloads.
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Kubernetes deployment mode and K8s task type for container-native workflow execution.
  - name: Docker
    description: Official Docker images and Docker Compose configuration for rapid deployment.
  - name: DataX / SeaTunnel
    description: Native task types for DataX and SeaTunnel data integration frameworks.
  - name: Apache Airflow
    description: An Airflow provider package allows triggering DolphinScheduler workflows from Airflow DAGs.
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