Operaton

Community-driven, Free & Open-source BPMN Engine

Operaton is the next generation in line of Camunda, Activiti and their predecessors. Building on Camunda 7, an important contribution to the open-source BPMN community, we aim to create a thriving future for a truly free and open-source BPMN engine that outlasts.

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Resources and latests News

#changelog

Version 1.0-beta published

The 1.0.0-beta-5 is a continuation of our ongoing modernization efforts.

#blog

What We Learned From Taking Over Camunda 7 CE

Inheriting Complexity When you take over a complex open source project like Camunda 7 CE—without...

Features

  • Automate Processes

    Digital, robust and future proof

  • Easy migration from Camunda 7

    See our Documentation and OpenRewrite scripts

  • Rewritten Web Apps

    With accessibility, usability and performance in mind

  • BPMN 2.0 & DMN 1.3

    The latest open standards used for process definitions

  • Open Source Development

    Strong community, everyone can contribute and no hidden code.

  • Focus on security and stability

    Industry standards for our tech stack we are building on

  • Cloud Ready, Standalone & Embedable Operations

    The deployment that fits to your needs


Roadmap

Fork

November 2025

Release 1.0
New Web Apps Beta

2026 and beyond

Release 2.0

*Artists representation of BPMN due to CSS limitations.

Our Roadmap in Detail →

Principles

  • Community Ownership

    Operaton shall always be a community-owned free open-source project (legal work in progress). There shall be no private or commercial entity which is able to legally claim its ownership or divert the goals of the community. See our Code of Conduct to learn how we foster an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

  • Quality

    It shall be held to high-quality standards regarding every aspect: SonarQube activtities and GitHub issues.

  • Self Ownership

    There shall be no hidden dependencies making it hard to build it on your own. Everything is easy to run by yourself.

  • Transparency

    Operaton is developed in the open. All decisions are transparently made by its community for its community.

Contributors

As community project Operaton is made by its contributors and no single company. If you are interested who is currently working on Operaton, you can use the following links as sources:

Get Involved

You can be part of the community as well, see how you can get involved:

Contribution Guide Good First Issues

Contact

Our primary communication happens on the forum:
Forum
We also use a Slack workspace:
Slack
To stay up to date on Operaton, you can follow us on
LinkedIn Mastodon
If non of the above applies to your contact needs, you can send us an email:
mail@operaton.org