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Flowable

Flowable connects systems, data, and people for faster and smarter process automation, drawing on a long heritage of open source BPM. Flowable provides a model-driven, low-code platform for end-to-end automation of BPMN, CMMN, and DMN processes, delivered through a programmatic Java Process Engine API and a packaged REST API. The Process Engine exposes RepositoryService, RuntimeService, TaskService, IdentityService, HistoryService, ManagementService, FormService, and DynamicBpmnService for managing process definitions, instances, tasks, history, and runtime behavior.

Flowable publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including CMMN API, Deployments API, Models API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Automation, BPM, BPMN, Business Process, and CMMN.

Flowable’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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28.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemium
7 APIs
AutomationBPMBPMNBusiness ProcessCMMNDMNWorkflows

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 28.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 10.2 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20
Access Clarity 4.7 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Flowable REST API

Flowable also ships a packaged REST API webapp that exposes the Process Engine services over HTTP. The REST API covers process definitions and deployments, process instances and...

Flowable CMMN API

The CMMN API from Flowable — 4 operation(s) for cmmn.

Flowable Deployments API

The Deployments API from Flowable — 3 operation(s) for deployments.

Flowable Models API

The Models API from Flowable — 1 operation(s) for models.

Flowable ProcessDefinitions API

The ProcessDefinitions API from Flowable — 2 operation(s) for processdefinitions.

Flowable ProcessInstances API

The ProcessInstances API from Flowable — 1 operation(s) for processinstances.

Flowable Tasks API

The Tasks API from Flowable — 2 operation(s) for tasks.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST CMMN API

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST CMMN Deployments API

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST CMMN Models API

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST CMMN ProcessDefinitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST CMMN ProcessInstances API

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST CMMN Tasks API

OPEN COLLECTION

Flowable REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Flowable Api Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Flowable Api Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Flowable Api Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Flowable Api Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Flowable Api Trust Center

SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Flowable Api Agentic Access

20 operations · 9 acting

20 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubRepository
GitHubRepository
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker
IssueTracker
 Releases
Releases

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License
License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: flowable-api
name: Flowable
description: Flowable connects systems, data, and people for faster and smarter process automation, drawing on a long heritage
  of open source BPM. Flowable provides a model-driven, low-code platform for end-to-end automation of BPMN, CMMN, and DMN
  processes, delivered through a programmatic Java Process Engine API and a packaged REST API. The Process Engine exposes
  RepositoryService, RuntimeService, TaskService, IdentityService, HistoryService, ManagementService, FormService, and DynamicBpmnService
  for managing process definitions, instances, tasks, history, and runtime behavior.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/flowable-api.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-07'
modified: '2026-05-19'
position: Consumer
tags:
- Automation
- BPM
- BPMN
- Business Process
- CMMN
- DMN
- Workflows
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/flowable-api/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: flowable-api:rest-api
  name: Flowable REST API
  description: Flowable also ships a packaged REST API webapp that exposes the Process Engine services over HTTP. The REST
    API covers process definitions and deployments, process instances and variables, user tasks and forms, history, identity,
    and engine management, allowing non-Java clients to drive BPMN, CMMN, and DMN processes from any platform.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - BPM
  - REST
  - Workflows
  properties:
  - url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine
    type: GitHubRepository
- aid: flowable-api:flowable-api-cmmn-api
  name: Flowable CMMN API
  description: The CMMN API from Flowable — 4 operation(s) for cmmn.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - CMMN
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flowable-api-cmmn-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  - type: DocumentationPortal
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
- aid: flowable-api:flowable-api-deployments-api
  name: Flowable Deployments API
  description: The Deployments API from Flowable — 3 operation(s) for deployments.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - Deployment
  tags_raw:
  - Deployments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flowable-api-deployments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  - type: DocumentationPortal
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
- aid: flowable-api:flowable-api-models-api
  name: Flowable Models API
  description: The Models API from Flowable — 1 operation(s) for models.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flowable-api-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  - type: DocumentationPortal
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
- aid: flowable-api:flowable-api-processdefinitions-api
  name: Flowable ProcessDefinitions API
  description: The ProcessDefinitions API from Flowable — 2 operation(s) for processdefinitions.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - Process Definitions
  tags_raw:
  - ProcessDefinitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flowable-api-processdefinitions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  - type: DocumentationPortal
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
- aid: flowable-api:flowable-api-processinstances-api
  name: Flowable ProcessInstances API
  description: The ProcessInstances API from Flowable — 1 operation(s) for processinstances.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - Process Instances
  tags_raw:
  - ProcessInstances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flowable-api-processinstances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  - type: DocumentationPortal
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
- aid: flowable-api:flowable-api-tasks-api
  name: Flowable Tasks API
  description: The Tasks API from Flowable — 2 operation(s) for tasks.
  humanURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  baseURL: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/
  tags:
  - Task
  tags_raw:
  - Tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flowable-api-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch04-API
  - type: DocumentationPortal
    url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/releases
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/flowable-api-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/flowable-api-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/flowable-api-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flowable-group
- type: Website
  url: https://www.flowable.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/flowable
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.flowable.org/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com