µTask
Lightweight automation engine for YAML-defined cloud workflows
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Last commit 28 Jul 2026.
µTask is a lightweight automation engine for cloud workflows. It models business processes in YAML and executes them with a PostgreSQL backend. It emphasizes simplicity, security through encryption, and extensibility via Go-based plugins.
Key Features
- Requires only a PostgreSQL database to operate
- All data is encrypted and visible only to authorized users
- Workflow definitions are expressed in declarative YAML
- Extensible: developers can implement custom actions in Go
- Asynchronous execution with an auditable, encrypted state trail
Use Cases
- Kubernetes ingress TLS certificate provisioning workflow
- New team member bootstrap and onboarding automation
- Payments API asynchronous processing with risk checks and human-in-the-loop
Conclusion µTask offers a practical YAML-driven automation engine for cloud workflows, with PostgreSQL persistence and a pluggable Go-based action layer. It provides a Docker-based quickstart and a graphical dashboard to monitor tasks.
Source: µTask README on GitHub
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