# Windmill

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Windmill and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Windmill as a dependable workflow engine that integrates well with Python, Postgres and DuckDB. The most common caveat is its licensing.

## Why people recommend it

- Named alongside Dagu and Rivet (2 comments): "Let me introduce you to a few of my friends: Make, Task, Dagu, Windmill, Rivet, Inngest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117917)) "Dagu, Windmill, Rivet, Inngest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117960))

## What people warn about

- Licensing situation is not great (1 comments): "the licensing situation is not great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263256))

## 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
- [Absurd Workflows](https://hackerapproved.com/p/absurd.md): 11 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Windmill", https://hackerapproved.com/p/windmill/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).