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Lightweight and powerful workflow engine. Version 2.10.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-06.
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Package summary
Lightweight and powerful workflow engine
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Commands and aliases
- dagu
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Project history and usage
Dagu is a local-first workflow engine with a Web UI and a declarative YAML workflow format. It is packaged as a self-contained CLI/server tool for people who want scheduled DAGs, retries, logs, approvals, and automation without running a database-backed orchestration stack.
Project history
The official repository metadata records the Dagu repository as created in April 2022. Current official docs describe Dagu as local-first workflow orchestration that runs anywhere, with declarative YAML, a single binary, and air-gapped readiness.
Adoption history
Dagu's adoption story is aimed at small teams and operators moving beyond cron without adopting a heavyweight Airflow-style deployment. The official README explicitly compares the single-binary Dagu model with traditional orchestrators that require multiple services such as a web server, scheduler, workers, PostgreSQL, Redis or RabbitMQ, and a Python runtime.
How it is used
Users define workflows as YAML DAG files, run them with the dagu CLI, and operate the scheduler, executor, and web UI with commands such as dagu start-all. The official configuration docs define ~/.config/dagu/config.yaml as the default process-level configuration file and document default DAG, log, and data paths.
Why package nerds care
Dagu matters to package nerds because it compresses a workflow scheduler, web UI, local file-backed state, and DAG runner into a single installable tool. It fills the package-manager niche between cron-plus-shell-scripts and a full distributed orchestration platform.
Timeline
- 2022: Official Dagu GitHub repository is created.
- 2025: v1.22.0 release is published in the current official repository.
- 2026: Official docs present Dagu as local-first orchestration with declarative YAML and a single-binary deployment model.
Related projects
- Official materials position Dagu as an alternative to Airflow and Cron and document actions for shell commands, Docker containers, Kubernetes Jobs, SSH, HTTP, SQL, and AI-agent harnesses.
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security posture
Risk level: orange
formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
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- formula declares a Homebrew service
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- metadata:service
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
Recommended review
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.config/dagu/config.yaml~/.config/dagu/dags/*.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dagu | cli | global executable |
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version2.10.1
manager updated2026-07-06
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv2.10.1
https://github.com/dagucloud/dagu
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dagu |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.10.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dagu |
| Homepage | https://dagu.sh |
| Repository | https://github.com/dagucloud/dagu |
| Upstream docs | https://docs.dagu.sh/ |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://github.com/dagucloud/dagu/archive/refs/tags/v2.10.1.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-07-06T21:38:25Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | go, node, pnpm |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dagu |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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source trail
Generated from repository data
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View the package source record on GitHub.
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- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment