by Rheosoph
Flow-Like: Strongly Typed Enterprise Scale Workflows. Built for scalability, speed, seamless AI integration and rich customization.
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git clone https://github.com/Rheosoph/flow-likeLast scanned: 5/21/2026
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}Flow-Like is a visual workflow automation platform that runs entirely on your hardware. Build workflows with drag-and-drop blocks, run them on your laptop, phone, or server, and get a clear record of where data came from, what changed, and what came out — no cloud dependency, no black boxes, no guesswork.
Most workflow tools force you into their cloud. Your data leaves your machine, passes through third-party servers, and you're locked into their infrastructure. Offline? Stuck. Want to self-host? Pay enterprise prices.
Flow-Like runs wherever you choose — your laptop, your phone, your private server, or cloud infrastructure you control. Your data stays where you put it. No forced cloud dependency, no vendor lock-in, no "upgrade to enterprise for basic autonomy."
Local-first by default. Cloud-ready when you need it.
Automate on your couch without Wi-Fi. Deploy to your own AWS/GCP/Azure. Run in air-gapped factory networks. Process sensitive data in hospital environments. Your workflows, your infrastructure, your rules.
The reason this works is raw performance. Flow-Like's engine is built in Rust — compiled to native code, no garbage collector, no runtime overhead. The same workflow that takes 500ms in a Node.js engine takes 0.6ms in Flow-Like.
| Metric | Flow-Like | Typical workflow engines | |--------|-----------|------------------------| | Execution speed | ~244,000 workflows/sec | ~200 workflows/sec | | Latency per workflow | ~0.6ms | ~50-500ms | | Engine | Rust (native compiled) | Python / Node.js (interpreted) |
That 1000x performance gap means real workflows can run on resource-constrained devices — phones, edge hardware, Raspberry Pis — not just beefy cloud servers. And on powerful machines, it means processing millions of executions without breaking a sweat.
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Most workflow tools show a green checkmark and move on. You're left guessing where data came from and why the result looks the way it does.
Flow-Like workflows are fully typed — they track what data flows where and why. Every input, transformation, and output is recorded with complete lineage and audit trails.
| Feature | Flow-Like | n8n | Zapier / Make | Temporal | |---------|-----------|-----|---------------|----------| | Runs on your device | ✅ Desktop, phone, edge, server | ⚠️ Needs a server | ❌ Cloud only | ⚠️ Needs infrastructure | | Works 100% offline | ✅ Full capability | ⚠️ Partial | ❌ Requires internet | ✅ Self-hosted | | Type safety | ✅ Fully typed | ❌ Runtime only | ❌ None | ⚠️ Language-level | | Data lineage / audit trail | ✅ Complete | ❌ Limited | ❌ None | ⚠️ Via logging | | Performance | ✅ ~244K/sec (Rust) | ⚠️ ~200/sec (Node) | ⚠️ Cloud-limited | ⚠️ Go-based | | Visual builder | ✅ Full IDE | ✅ Good | ✅ Simple | ❌ Code only | | UI builder | ✅ Built-in | ❌ None | ❌ None | ❌ None | | LLM orchestration | ✅ Built-in + guardrails | ⚠️ Via nodes | ⚠️ Via integrations | ❌ Manual | | White-label / embed | ✅ Full customization | ❌ Branded | ❌ Branded | ❌ No UI | | Business process views | ✅ Process / Data / Execution | ❌ Single view | ❌ Single view | ❌ Code only | | License | Source Available (BSL) | Sustainable Use | Proprietary | MIT |
| 💻 Desktop App | ☁️ Web App | 📱 Mobile App | ⚙️ From Source | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| | Download Now | Try Online | Coming Soon | Build Yourself | | macOS · Windows · Linux | Available now | iOS · Android | Latest features |
A no-code IDE for building workflows. Smart wiring with type-aware pins, inline execution feedback, live validation, and snapshot-based debugging.
APIs & webhooks, databases, file processing (Excel, CSV, PDF), AI models & computer vision, messaging (Slack, Discord, email), IoT, logic & control flow, security & auth — and growing.
Download and run LLMs, vision models, and embeddings locally or in the cloud. Every AI decision is logged with full context — inputs, outputs, model version, and reasoning trace.
Package workflows as shareable applications with built-in storage. Run them offline or in the cloud. Browse the template store or share your own.
# Prerequisites: mise, Rust, Bun, Tauri prerequisites, Protobuf compiler
# Full guide: https://docs.flow-like.com/contributing/getting-started/
git clone https://github.com/TM9657/flow-like.git
cd flow-like
mise trust && mise install # install toolchains (Rust, Bun, Node, Python, uv)
bun install # install Node packages
mise run build:desktop # production build
All dev / build / deploy tasks are defined in the root mise.toml.
Run mise tasks to see every available task, or mise run <task> to execute one:
mise run dev:desktop:mac:arm # dev mode – macOS Apple Silicon
mise run dev:web # dev mode – Next.js web app
mise run build:desktop # production desktop build
mise run fix # auto-fix lint (clippy + fmt + biome)
mise run check # run all checks without fixing
💡 Platform-specific hints for macOS, Windows, and Linux are in the docs.
Embed the visual editor in your application, or run the engine headlessly behind the scenes.