superplanehqAutomation & workflows

superplane

Open-source automation engine that orchestrates engineering workflows with durable execution and approvals.

  • Linux
  • Self-hostable
  • Docker supported
  • Needs API key
superplane screenshot
Popularity
7.1k Stars
GitHub stars
Recent activity
9/12/2026
Updated in the last 30 days
License
APACHE-2.0
Permissive

Why it matters

We look beyond stars: what problem it solves, whether it creates real utility, and what makes its approach worth noticing.

Last 90 days

Problem

The project targets the shortage of deterministic execution, manual reviews, and complex operational workflows in AI-assisted engineering, addressing multi-tool integration pain points.

Practical value

Provides durable workflows, console dashboards, and git-backed configuration definitions, allowing teams to orchestrate complex operations and reviews across systems.

Innovation / differentiation

Unifies canvas graphs, durable execution, app-scoped memory, and dynamic operational consoles in a git-backed architecture, blending traditional CI/CD orchestration with AI agent mechanisms.

Leverage potential

Can be quickly self-hosted via containers and includes built-in integrations for LLMs, version control, and CI/CD, making it easy to embed into existing engineering infrastructure.

Why now

As AI agents see broader adoption in codebases and operations, demand is growing for control planes equipped with determinism and human-in-the-loop safeguards.

Community activity

In the last 90 days there were 522 new issues and 1446 pull requests; the bounded issue/PR samples include 11 issue authors and 9 PR contributors, with at least 5 releases.

Maintainer responsiveness

The 92-issue window sample had a 85% close rate, and the 86-pull-request sample had a 92% merge rate. Maintainer-response observations covered 75% of that issue sample, with a 4% response rate and median first response of 2.5 hours.

9 contributors in PR sampleAt least 5 releasesIssue response rate 4% · sample 69 (75% coverage)Median first response 2.5hPR merge rate 92% · 86 sampled in window

Key highlights

  • Apps: A deployable unit combining a workflow graph, custom console UI, app-scoped memory, and deterministic executio
  • Event-driven orchestration: Multi-step workflows across your Git, CI/CD, observability, incident tools, and notifica
  • Console dashboards: Define your own per-app operational UI as a dynamic grid of panels. Use it to display KPIs, tabl

Quick start

How it is installed, how hard it is, and where to start.

Docker supportedSelf-hostable

Best for

  • Teams that want data on their own servers
  • People who prefer Docker deploys

Watch outs

  • 5 inferred from materials — review under Sources below

More about it

SuperPlane targets engineering workflows where humans and AI both touch production systems—CI/CD, event-driven ops, and changes that need approval. It orchestrates Git, LLMs, observability, incident tools, and infrastructure with durable execution and guardrails, not one-shot scripts.

The point is less “another agent” and more a control plane: AI can propose and run checks, while consequential steps stay behind explicit approvals. It fits teams that already have tools but lack a safe shared orchestrator.

Sources

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  • Latest release

    Verified

    v0.30.0

    Source: GitHub API · latest_release=v0.30.0 · 9/12/2026

  • License

    Verified

    Apache-2.0

    Source: GitHub API · license.spdx_id=Apache-2.0 · 9/12/2026

  • logo url

    Verified

    None

    Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/28/2026

  • needs api key

    Inferred from materials

    Yes

    Source: Project README · matched api key keywords · 8/13/2026

  • One-liner

    Verified

    {"en":"Open-source automation engine that orchestrates engineering workflows with durable execution and approvals.","zh":"SuperPlane 是一个面向 AI 代理工程的开源控制平面,旨在解决复杂工程工作流(如 CI/CD、事件驱动运维、人工审批)难以被 AI 安全且确定性地执行的问题。"}

    Source: heuristic_batch_publish · batch-publish-tools heuristic write · 8/24/2026

  • Platforms

    Inferred from materials

    linux

    Source: Project README · linux · 8/13/2026

  • Category hint

    Inferred from materials

    ai-apps

    Source: Project README · hint=ai-apps · 8/13/2026

  • screenshot url

    Verified

    None

    Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/28/2026

  • supports docker

    Verified

    Yes

    Source: Repository file · dockerfile=true; compose=true · 9/12/2026

  • supports self host

    Inferred from materials

    Yes

    Source: Project README · matched self-host keywords · 8/13/2026

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