Apache Airflow is the industry standard for workflow orchestration, defining complex data pipelines as DAGs in Python. 39K+ GitHub stars, 80K+ organizations, billions of tasks daily.
Pipelines as Python code provide full flexibility. Extensive operators connect to AWS, GCP, Azure, databases, and APIs.
Web UI shows real-time status, Gantt charts, and task logs. Executors scale from local to Kubernetes. Managed services include Cloud Composer, AWS MWAA, and Astronomer.