# Argo Workflows

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Argo Workflows and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Kubernetes workflow engine people pick for long-running pipelines and self-hosted setups, especially if they already run Kubernetes. Critics say setup is complex and startup is slow.

## What people warn about

- Complex setup and deployment (2 comments): "it is so much more complex to setup and then build workflows for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906749)) "deploying argo workflows with helm, such fun!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46292227))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Temporal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/temporal.md): 138 recommend
- [DBOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dbos.md): 39 recommend
- [Apache Airflow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airflow.md): 18 recommend
- [Restate](https://hackerapproved.com/p/restate.md): 16 recommend
- [Windmill](https://hackerapproved.com/p/windmill.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Argo Workflows", https://hackerapproved.com/p/argo-workflows/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).