Dagucloud by dagucloud
Self-hosted workflow engine for scripts, cron jobs, containers, and ops automation. YAML workflows, retries, logs, approvals, and optional distributed workers.
About Dagucloud
From the project's README at github.com/dagucloud/dagu. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Docs | Examples | Support & Community Run Scripts, Cron Jobs, and Runbooks as Workflows
Dagu turns the commands your team already runs into scheduled, observable workflows that are safe to rerun.
Keep your automation as shell scripts, Python scripts, containers, SSH commands, SQL jobs, HTTP calls, and runbooks. Define the workflow in plain YAML, run it with one binary, and get the operational layer that cron and ad hoc scripts are missing: dependencies, retries, queues, logs, artifacts, approvals, API
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 3.4k | github.com/dagucloud/dagu |
| GitHub forks | 260 | github.com/dagucloud/dagu |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 4.0 years | since Apr 2022 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 4, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 242 | last: 3 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Dagucloud?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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