prefect
by PrefectHQ
Prefect is a Python framework that turns ordinary scripts into scheduled, monitored workflows with retries, caching and event-based triggers. It is used to build and run reliable data pipelines and other automated jobs.
- Stars
- 24.1k +5 a day
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 3044 days
What you can do with it
- Turn a Python script into a workflow with retries, caching and logging by adding decorators
- Schedule workflows to run on a timer or in response to events
- Monitor runs in a web dashboard using a self-hosted Prefect server or Prefect Cloud
Make money with it
A freelancer with Python skills could offer to build and maintain automated data pipelines and reporting for small businesses.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Automate recurring data jobs such as nightly report building or syncing sales data between systems, replacing manual work
- Run and monitor client data pipelines as a freelancer, with automatic retries and alerts when something fails
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install with pip or uv (Python 3.11 or newer), then start the local server with "prefect server start" to see the dashboard.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Requires Python programming knowledge, so it is not suited to non-technical users
- Some features such as team management are only in the paid Prefect Cloud service
Checked 30 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
