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conductor vs genie
conductor has 32,207 GitHub stars, 1,009 forks, 253 open issues and last shipped today. genie has 1,766 stars, 373 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 15 days ago. conductor leads on adoption by 1,724% (32,207 vs 1,766 stars). conductor is written in Java under Apache-2.0; genie is written in Java under Apache-2.0. conductor has attracted 3% as many forks as stars, genie 21%. conductor was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (distributed-systems, java), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| conductor | genie | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 32K | ★ 1.8K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Java | Java |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.0K | ⑂ 373 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick conductor if
- You weight community size — 32K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick genie if
- You want the genie feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and genie fits your workflow better
About conductor
Conductor is an Apache 2.0 licensed, event driven agentic workflow engine written in Java that provides durable and highly resilient execution for applications and AI agents, aimed at teams running microservices, AI agents, and adaptive workflow graphs that need orchestration they can version, inspect, and recover.
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About genie
Genie Introduction Genie is a federated Big Data orchestration and execution engine developed by Netflix. Genie’s value is best described in terms of the problem it solves. Big Data infrastructure is complex and ever evolving. Data consumers (Data Scientists or other applications) need to jump over a lot of hurdles in order to run a simple query: Find, download, install and configure a number of binaries, libraries and tools Point to the correct cluster, using valid configuration and reasonable parameters, some of which are very obscure Manually monitor the query, retrieve its output What works today, may not wor…
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Frequently asked questions
Is conductor or genie more popular?
conductor has 32,207 GitHub stars and genie has 1,766. conductor has the larger community by that measure.
Are conductor and genie free?
Both are open source. conductor is licensed under Apache-2.0 and genie under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between conductor and genie?
conductor is written in Java and genie in Java. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, conductor or genie?
Choose conductor if you want the larger community (32,207 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose genie if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.