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      • Shipplane Lite

      Self-hosted, single-binary workflow orchestrator for individuals.

      Shipplane Lite lets you define task dependency graphs (workflows), run them, and inspect execution results — from a single binary with an embedded UI, no separate database or infrastructure to stand up.

      It's built for hobbyist software engineers who want to define and operate their own automation workflows on a personal machine, not for an ops team running a fleet.

      Good fit if your infrastructure today is a folder of bash scripts and cron jobs — deploying to a VPS, provisioning infrastructure, running a side project, any multi-step chore that can fail halfway through without you noticing.

      What's inside

      Shipplane Lite (@shipplane/liteapp) wires together the Shipplane workflow packages into one deployable app:

      • @shipplane/core runs the workflow DAG — scheduling, retries, timeouts, cancellation, logs.
      • @shipplane/orchestrator dispatches each task to an in-memory worker.
      • @shipplane/visualizer-react renders the workflow graph and editor in the built-in UI.
      • An HTTP server exposes a JSON API and serves the UI.
      • SQLite (better-sqlite3) persists workflow definitions, runs, and events.
      • A task registry — 3 built-in task types, extendable with your own via config.
      • No telemetry — nothing phones home; workflows, runs, and logs stay in your local SQLite file.

      Next steps

      • Installation — install the binary and start the server.
      • Configuration — HTTP host/port, config file, and workflow seeding.
      • HTTP API — the JSON API behind the UI.
      • Registry — the 3 built-in task types, and how to add your own.