Windmill
Windmill is a self-hosted platform that turns scripts into workflows, internal apps and AI agents for business teams and engineers.
What it is good for
- Building internal tools and admin apps without a full team of developers
- Running scheduled jobs and multi-step workflows on your own servers
- Letting business teams build with AI while engineers review what ships
- Connecting databases and data files with scripts and SQL
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free tier plus paid plans
- Type
- Agent builder or no-code platform
- Tasks
- Works with
- Postgres, Git, GitHub, VS Code, Claude Code, Cursor
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 18,357
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Windmill free?
- It has a free plan and paid plans, according to its own description.
- Do I need to know how to code to use Windmill?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Windmill work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with Postgres, Git, GitHub, VS Code, Claude Code, and Cursor.
- What is Windmill good for?
- Building internal tools and admin apps without a full team of developers, running scheduled jobs and multi-step workflows on your own servers, letting business teams build with AI while engineers review what ships, and connecting databases and data files with scripts and SQL.
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