Prefect license, foundation and stars
Pipelines and orchestration · Apache 2.0 (open source) · backed by Prefect · 24,118 stars
Prefect is a workflow orchestration framework for building resilient data pipelines in Python.
License history
LICENSE filePrefect Community License 1.0 to Apache 2.0
Prefect 2.0 (Orion) code moved from the Prefect Community License to Apache 2.0.
Latest release
3.8.6 published Sep 14, 2026
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| Project | Stars | |||
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| n8n Sustainable Use License 1.0changed Mar 2022 | 209k | +587 | - | |
| AGPL v3 | 197k | +2,557 | - | |
| BSD 3-Clause | 97.4k | +2,308 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 47.4k | +70 | 3.3.2Sep 17, 2026 | |
| MIT | 32.5k | +207 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 32.4k | +32 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 30.2k | +132 | - | |
| Apache 2.0 | 30.1k | +351 | v2.0.7Oct 20, 2026 |
About and history
- Repository
- PrefectHQ/prefect · created Jun 29, 2018
- Website
- prefect.io
- Language
- Python
- Foundation
- None; run by Prefect
- Company
- Prefect · on Companies · on advisories · on calendar · on marketplaces · on problems · on Releases · on salaries · on socials · on standards · on Titlewave
- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 33 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | 24,118 | |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 24,079 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 24,027 | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 23,990 | |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 23,921 |