Flowable | |
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![]() Example of editing a BPMN model in Flowable | |
Developer(s) | Community |
Stable release | |
Repository | github |
Written in | Java, JavaScript |
Operating system | Linux, Windows |
Type | Business process management, Workflow |
Licence | Apache License 2.0 |
Website | www |
Flowable is an open-source workflow engine written in Java that can execute business processes described in BPMN 2.0.[4] It is an actively maintained fork of Activiti (software).[5]
In October 2016, the lead developers of Activiti (software) left Alfresco (software) and started the Flowable Open Source project based on a fork of Activiti code.[6][7]
The first version of Flowable was 5.22, based on a fork of Activiti 5.21, but added Transient Variables.[8] The first release of Flowable version 6.0[9] was based on a fork of Activiti version 6 beta 4. Version 6 of the Flowable engine includes a rewrite of the core process virtual machine.
The project comprises a set of modules that can operate together:
The key changes in Flowable 6 are:[12][13]