StepKit
Ranked 7 of 12 workflow engines by recommenders
Open, cross-platform durable execution standard with an explicit API and pluggable backends; commenters like it for avoiding reinventing the wheel.
Open, cross-platform durable execution standard with an explicit API and pluggable backends; commenters like it for avoiding reinventing the wheel.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Interesting new approach
“this kind of sane, explicit API with pluggable backends feels like the right direction”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: StepKit, an open and cross-platform durable execution standard” “this looks very interesting”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: StepKit, an open and cross-platform durable execution standard” “I love this new approach.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: StepKit, an open and cross-platform durable execution standard”
Other workflow engines people recommend
The four most recommended other workflow engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporal | 138 | 43 | 76% | 12 | 1 yr13 owners | Approved |
| DBOS | 39 | 9 | 81% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Apache Airflow | 18 | 5 | 78% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Restate | 16 | 3 | 84% | 10 | — | Approved |
| StepKitThis page | 10 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I love this new approach.”
“this looks very interesting”
“this kind of sane, explicit API with pluggable backends feels like the right direction”
“Looks easy to set up. Super convenient to have a SDK to deploy AI workflows.”
“highly valuable if you want to avoid reinventing the wheel”
“Damn that looks cool congrats guys!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.