# Flow-Like

> Flow-Like is one source-available system for data, AI, automations, and apps: typed visual workflows on a Rust runtime that run on the desktop, self-hosted, or fully offline, with every action recorded.

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## Product

- [Flow-Like](https://flow-like.com/index.md): One source-available system for your data, automations, AI, and apps, published under BSL 1.1. Runs on your own servers or fully offline, records every action. Free to start. Built in Germany, GDPR-ready.
- [Download](https://flow-like.com/download.md): Get the latest Flow-Like builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- [Pricing](https://flow-like.com/pricing.md): No per-seat licensing. No hidden fees. Deploy anywhere — cloud, on-premise, or air-gapped. Own your automation infrastructure.
- [For Developers](https://flow-like.com/developers.md): Two paths to building with Flow-Like: compose workflows visually with existing nodes, or write custom nodes in 15+ languages compiled to WebAssembly.
- [Integrations & Connectors](https://flow-like.com/integrations.md): Connect Flow-Like to 100+ services. Pre-built connectors for databases, APIs, cloud storage, AI models, and more. Build custom nodes in any language via WASM.
- [Business Intelligence](https://flow-like.com/modern-bi.md): Modern BI needs more than dashboards. Real-time data from every source, personalized insights, AI copilot integration, and deployment anywhere — on-prem, cloud, mobile, or in the field.
- [Security & Compliance](https://flow-like.com/security.md): Built on Rust with memory safety, RBAC, full audit trails, data sovereignty, and open-source transparency. Enterprise security without the enterprise complexity.
- [White-Label & OEM](https://flow-like.com/whitelabel.md): Ship Flow-Like under your brand. Full theming, embed/headless/hybrid deployment modes, SSO, usage metering, and SDK access for OEM partners.

## Industries

- [AI Agents & RAG Pipelines](https://flow-like.com/industries/ai-agents.md): Orchestrate LLM calls, RAG pipelines, and multi-agent systems with full explainability. Flow-Like makes AI workflows visual, testable, and production-ready.
- [Finance Automation](https://flow-like.com/industries/finance.md): Automate reconciliation, reporting, and compliance workflows with full audit trails. Flow-Like brings type-safe automation to financial operations.
- [Gov & Defense Automation](https://flow-like.com/industries/gov-defense.md): The operating system for defense-grade automation in sovereign, air-gapped environments. Fuse sensor, mission, and operations data into a governed common operational picture with no cloud dependencies.
- [Office Automation](https://flow-like.com/industries/office.md): Streamline document processing, approvals, and cross-team handoffs. Flow-Like automates the busywork so your team can focus on what matters.
- [Shopfloor Automation](https://flow-like.com/industries/shopfloor.md): Connect machines, sensors, and PLCs with traceable, type-safe data flows. Flow-Like brings visual workflow automation to the factory floor.

## Use Cases

- [IoT & Sensor Data Automation](https://flow-like.com/use-cases/iot.md): Ingest, process, and act on sensor streams from PLCs, SCADA, and IoT gateways. Flow-Like turns raw telemetry into real-time insights with visual, traceable workflows.
- [Process Automation with Flow-Like](https://flow-like.com/use-cases/process-automation.md): Design, automate, and monitor complex business processes with Flow-Like. Orchestrate multi-step workflows, enforce SLAs, handle approvals, and integrate systems — all from a visual canvas.

## Comparisons

How Flow-Like relates to the tools it is usually evaluated against.

- [Overview](https://flow-like.com/compare.md): See how Flow-Like compares across workflow automation, enterprise data layers, AI agents, BI, and app building. One governed platform for company-wide solutions.
- [Flow-Like vs Airflow](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-airflow.md): Compare Flow-Like and Apache Airflow for DAG orchestration, visual workflows, replay/backfill, data pipelines, app UI, self-hosting, and governance.
- [Flow-Like vs Appsmith](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-appsmith.md): Compare Flow-Like and Appsmith for open-source internal apps, self-hosting, workflows, JavaScript logic, governance, AI, and offline execution.
- [Flow-Like vs Dify](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-dify.md): Compare Flow-Like and Dify for open-source agentic workflows, visual AI apps, knowledge bases, self-hosting, workflow runtime, app delivery, and local execution.
- [Flow-Like vs LangChain](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-langchain.md): Compare Flow-Like and LangChain for AI agents, model orchestration, app delivery, governance, self-hosting, workflow execution, and data workflows.
- [Flow-Like vs Make](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-make.md): Compare Flow-Like and Make for visual automation, AI agents, connector coverage, app delivery, self-hosting, data handling, and governance.
- [Flow-Like vs n8n](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-n8n.md): Compare Flow-Like and n8n across visual workflows, AI agents, self-hosting, app UI, data handling, governance, and offline execution.
- [Flow-Like vs Node-RED](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-node-red.md): Compare Flow-Like and Node-RED for visual flows, edge automation, Node.js runtime, IoT, typed workflows, app UI, self-hosting, and offline execution.
- [Flow-Like vs Pipedream](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-pipedream.md): Compare Flow-Like and Pipedream for developer automation, serverless workflows, integrations, hosted multi-language code steps, app delivery, self-hosting, and local execution.
- [Flow-Like vs Power Apps](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-power-apps.md): Compare Flow-Like and Microsoft Power Apps for app building, Dataverse, offline mobile, AI, workflows, self-hosting, governance, and portability.
- [Flow-Like vs Power Automate](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-power-automate.md): Compare Flow-Like and Microsoft Power Automate for cloud flows, desktop RPA, connectors, Copilot, app delivery, self-hosting, offline execution, and governance.
- [Flow-Like vs Power BI](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-power-bi.md): Compare Flow-Like and Microsoft Power BI for analytics, dashboards, embedded BI, operational workflows, AI, governance, and app delivery.
- [Flow-Like vs Retool](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-retool.md): Objective comparison of Flow-Like and Retool for internal apps, workflows, AI agents, self-hosting, external apps, mobile, governance, and offline execution.
- [Flow-Like vs Salesforce](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-salesforce.md): Compare Flow-Like and Salesforce for CRM workflows, Agentforce, app development, Flow Automation, data ownership, portability, local execution, and governance.
- [Flow-Like vs ServiceNow](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-servicenow.md): Compare Flow-Like and ServiceNow for enterprise workflows, App Engine, AI Agents, app development, governance, portability, offline execution, and self-hosting.
- [Flow-Like vs Tableau](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-tableau.md): Compare Flow-Like and Tableau for analytics, dashboards, agentic analytics, embedded BI, workflows, apps, offline use, and self-hosting.
- [Flow-Like vs Temporal](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-temporal.md): Compare Flow-Like and Temporal for durable execution, event history, workflow replay, code-defined workflows, visual workflows, apps, AI, and self-hosting.
- [Flow-Like vs UiPath](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-uipath.md): Compare Flow-Like and UiPath for RPA, robots, orchestrated automation, AI agents, apps, governance, local execution, and workflow portability.
- [Flow-Like vs Windmill](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-windmill.md): Compare Flow-Like and Windmill for open-source workflows, internal tools, scripts, apps, self-hosting, local execution, AI, and deployment portability.
- [Flow-Like vs Workato](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-workato.md): Compare Flow-Like and Workato for enterprise iPaaS, workflow automation, connectors, governance, app delivery, local execution, self-hosting, and AI workflows.
- [Flow-Like vs Zapier](https://flow-like.com/compare/flow-like-vs-zapier.md): Objective Flow-Like vs Zapier comparison for workflow automation, AI agents, app delivery, self-hosting, governance, and offline execution.

## Blog

Release notes and engineering write-ups, newest first.

- [Blog index](https://flow-like.com/blog.md): Latest news, releases, and tutorials from the Flow-Like team.
- [Flow-Like Beta v0.1.6 — The Whole App Is the Workflow](https://flow-like.com/blog/beta-0-1-6.md): 2026-07-20 — FlowPilot goes global, flows become editable code, and rich apps gain voice, video, planning, local AI, permissions, Suites, Data Studio, and a faster foundation.
- [Local Vision, Useful Results: Face Analysis Comes to Flow-Like](https://flow-like.com/blog/face-id-local-vision.md): 2026-07-16 — Flow-Like adds local SCRFD face detection, ArcFace embeddings, age and gender estimates, verified model caching, and one ONNX acceleration policy across platforms.
- [Schema-Driven Inputs: From JSON Blobs to User-Aware Apps](https://flow-like.com/blog/schema-driven-app-inputs.md): 2026-07-15 — Flow-Like now turns JSON Schema into practical variable and pin editors, adds a native User Profile surface, and gives flows safe access to project identity.
- [Your Local-First Workspace, Under Control](https://flow-like.com/blog/local-storage-retention.md): 2026-07-14 — Flow-Like Studio now shows what lives on your device, explains every storage category, and can safely retire old local run logs on your schedule.
- [The Board Should Never Fight the UI Thread](https://flow-like.com/blog/board-sync-performance.md): 2026-07-13 — How Flow-Like moved desktop board merging into a Web Worker, added sync lineage, and stopped background activity from waking the whole canvas.
- [Data Studio: From Tables to a Working Knowledge Graph](https://flow-like.com/blog/data-studio-ontologies.md): 2026-07-12 — Data Studio turns existing tables into ontologies you can explore, analyze, share across apps, automate through governed actions, and query with FlowPilot.
- [Meet Suites: Ship a Platform, Not a Pile of Apps](https://flow-like.com/blog/app-suites.md): 2026-07-11 — Suites package related Flow-Like apps into one governed, discoverable product while preserving each app's ownership, permissions, visibility, and lifecycle.
- [Connected Apps, Permissioned Calls, and End-to-End Process Lineage](https://flow-like.com/blog/app-connections-process-lineage.md): 2026-07-10 — Flow-Like apps can now call one another through explicit roles, typed remote events, and traceable process cases — without dissolving their security boundaries.
- [Ask First, Browse Better: The New Home & Explore](https://flow-like.com/blog/home-explore-redesign.md): 2026-07-09 — The home screen is now built around FlowPilot, categories are first-class, and apps and packages live in one Explore hub — plus a long list of quiet fixes.
- [Bring Your Own Coding Agent: Claude Code & Codex in FlowPilot](https://flow-like.com/blog/claude-code-codex-providers.md): 2026-07-08 — FlowPilot can now be driven by local coding-agent CLIs — Claude Code and Codex — alongside GitHub Copilot and your own models. They edit your flows through a local MCP server, not the shell.
- [FlowScript: Your Flow, as Code](https://flow-like.com/blog/flowscript.md): 2026-07-07 — Meet FlowScript — a TypeScript-flavored text projection of a Flow-Like board that round-trips back into the graph. Read your workflow as code, edit it, hit apply. It's how FlowPilot edits flows, too.
- [FlowPilot Now Drives the Whole App](https://flow-like.com/blog/flowpilot-whole-app.md): 2026-07-05 — FlowPilot graduated from an in-editor helper to a platform-level assistant: it creates apps, builds pages, wires workflows, works with databases, and remembers — through one shared tool set.
- [Calendars and Gantt Charts, Wired to Your Flows](https://flow-like.com/blog/calendar-gantt.md): 2026-07-03 — Two new interactive A2UI planning elements — a month/week/day Calendar and a dependency-aware Gantt timeline — that render from your data and fire every drag, resize and edit back into a workflow.
- [Speech In, Speech Out — On Your Device](https://flow-like.com/blog/speech-models.md): 2026-07-01 — Speech-to-text and text-to-speech nodes land in Flow-Like: hosted providers and fully local, on-device models (Whisper, OLMoASR, Kokoro and more) running on candle — private by default.
- [Give Your Apps a Voice](https://flow-like.com/blog/voice-recorder.md): 2026-06-29 — A new Voice Input element, seven animated audio visualizers, an animated player, and a full-screen conversational Voice Mode — all built on one shared, reusable voice toolkit.
- [Every Node Is One Click From Its Docs](https://flow-like.com/blog/node-docs-deep-linking.md): 2026-06-27 — Flow-Like's node info panel now deep-links straight to each node's documentation page — reconstructed from the node itself, with no lookup table — plus a faster search on the docs site.
- [A Diff Viewer You Can Drag Onto a Page](https://flow-like.com/blog/diff-view.md): 2026-06-26 — The new diffView element brings side-by-side, unified and inline diffs — for text, code, markdown, JSON and documents — into the Flow-Like widget builder, with syntax highlighting.
- [Video Processing in Flow-Like — Without FFmpeg](https://flow-like.com/blog/video-nodes.md): 2026-06-25 — Thirty new video nodes land in Flow-Like: transcode, trim, concat, thumbnails, subtitles and HLS packaging — all powered by our own pure-Rust video-utils-rs, no FFmpeg binary in sight.
- [Flow-Like Beta v0.1.0 — We Made It to Beta](https://flow-like.com/blog/beta-0-1-0.md): 2026-04-02 — Flow-Like hits Beta. Custom WASM nodes in 15+ languages, RPA automation, agents with memory, user-scoped databases, and the iOS app.
- [Your Workflow Engine Runs on Your Phone. No, Really.](https://flow-like.com/blog/flow-like-on-your-phone.md): 2026-03-15 — Most 'mobile workflow automation' means checking a dashboard. Flow-Like runs the actual engine on your device — offline-capable, Rust-powered, no cloud required.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.8 — The UI Building and BI Release](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-8.md): 2026-02-08 — It's here! Our first major release of the year, refining self-hosting capabilities, adding a UI-Builder, Web-App access, and BI features.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.7 — Self-Hosting, Storage Freedom & Major UX Upgrades](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-7.md): 2026-01-01 — The self-hosting release. Kubernetes & Docker-Compose setups with observability, multi-cloud blob storage, backend-agnostic desktop apps, and substantial UX, DX, and core improvements.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.6 — FlowPilot, Agents, Real-Time Collaboration & Massive Integrations](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-6.md): 2025-12-08 — Our biggest update yet. Introducing FlowPilot, a dedicated Agent Builder, Real-Time Collaboration, and a massive library of new nodes for Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, GitHub, and more.
- [Dify and Flow-Like (2025): Choose the Right Tool for Your AI Automation Needs](https://flow-like.com/blog/dify-flow-like.md): 2025-11-24 — An honest comparison of Dify and Flow-Like—two powerful platforms that excel in different scenarios. Learn when to use Dify's GenAI focus versus Flow-Like's typed automation.
- [Meet the New Agent Interface: Pin-First, Schema-Free (coming in v0.0.6)](https://flow-like.com/blog/agent-interface.md): 2025-11-18 — No more manual schemas: define pins on your functions and the agent interface does the rest. Reuse functions for deterministic calls, MCP tools supported, more built-ins coming.
- [Expose Your Flow-Like HTTP Events to the Internet with ngrok and Cloudflare Tunnel](https://flow-like.com/blog/expose-http-events-ngrok-cloudflare.md): 2025-10-30 — Learn how to securely expose Flow-Like's local HTTP event endpoints to the internet using free tunneling solutions like Cloudflare Tunnel and ngrok.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.5 — iOS App, Event System, Real-Time Collaboration & More](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-5.md): 2025-10-29 — Alpha v0.0.5 brings Flow-Like to iOS, introduces a powerful event system for workflow automation, enables real-time collaboration, and ships remote model services.
- [n8n and Flow-Like (2025): Choose the Right Tool for Your Automation Needs](https://flow-like.com/blog/n8n-flow-like.md): 2025-09-13 — An honest comparison of n8n and Flow-Like—two powerful automation platforms that excel in different scenarios. Learn when to use each tool and how they can complement each other.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.4 — Excel Extraction, ML Nodes, Themes & Smoother Editing](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-4.md): 2025-09-08 — Alpha v0.0.4 ships intelligent Excel table extraction, powerful new Machine Learning nodes, profile themes, desktop auto-updates, and big performance/stability wins.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.3 — Tables, Themes, Agents, and Smoother Editing ✨](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-3.md): 2025-08-24 — Alpha v0.0.3 brings a fast Table Preview, custom themes, an Agent node, drag-and-drop pin editing, variable folders, and lots of fixes.
- [From Teachable Machine to Workflow Automation](https://flow-like.com/blog/teachable-machine.md): 2025-08-18 — Learn how to integrate Google’s Teachable Machine with Flow-Like for seamless AI-powered workflows.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.2 — Rapid Prototyping, Security, and Execution Fixes 🚀](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-2.md): 2025-08-17 — Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.2 introduces Rapid Prototyping mode, new models, secure offline sharing, and execution fixes.
- [Typed Workflows: Why “It Works” Isn’t Good Enough in Enterprise IT](https://flow-like.com/blog/typed-workflows.md): 2025-08-13 — Enterprise-grade workflow automation built for scale. How Flow-Like's typed workflows solve the problems of traditional workflow engines.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.1 — Collaboration, Speed, and a Fresh Face 🎉](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-1.md): 2025-08-10 — Building on our first alpha, this release focuses on enhancing collaboration, improving speed, and refreshing the user interface.
- [Everyone’s Talking About “Agents.” What They Actually Want Is Automation.](https://flow-like.com/blog/agents-vs-automation.md): 2025-08-09 — In the world of enterprise IT, the focus is shifting from autonomous agents to reliable automation. This article explores the nuances of this transition.
- [Flow-Like Alpha v0.0.0 — First public alpha 🎉](https://flow-like.com/blog/alpha-0-0-0.md): 2025-05-21 — Introducing the first public alpha release of Flow-Like, a new tool for building and running workflows.

## Optional

- [Flow-Like docs](https://docs.flow-like.com/llms.txt): guides, self-hosting, SDKs and the full node catalog
- [Flow-Like web app](https://app.flow-like.com/llms.txt): the hosted app itself
- [App & package store](https://flow-like.com/store/): published apps and WASM node packages, indexed in /sitemap-store.xml
- [End-User License Agreement](https://flow-like.com/eula.md): Legal information for Flow-Like
- [Privacy Policy](https://flow-like.com/privacy-policy.md): Legal information for Flow-Like
- [Data Deletion](https://flow-like.com/data-deletion.md): Learn what data Flow-Like stores, how to use the app anonymously, and how to request deletion of your data.
- [Legal Notice](https://flow-like.com/legal-notice.md): Legal notice (Impressum) for Flow-Like, operated by RHEOSOPH GmbH, München.
- [Third Party Licenses](https://flow-like.com/thirdparty.md): Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) - Complete list of open source libraries used in Flow-Like
- [GitHub](https://github.com/Rheosoph/flow-like): source, issues and release notes