Lx-doc vs Pneumaticworkflow
Lx-doc and Pneumaticworkflow are both BPM and BPMN engine software. Lx-doc is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 330 GitHub stars. Pneumaticworkflow is open source under Apache-2.0, with 320 GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Lx-doc when
- You want a simple self-hosted mixed-document workspace and read Chinese.
- Pick Pneumaticworkflow when
- A small or mid-size team wants a self-hosted checklist-style process tool rather than a full BPM suite.
Side by side
A self-hosted online document suite for individuals and small teams with mind maps, whiteboards, flowcharts, slides, spreadsheets and documents.
A workflow tool for running repeatable team processes such as onboarding and approvals from templates, with task assignment and human-in-the-loop steps.
AGPL license and no pushes since August 2024.
Open-sourced only in late 2024, and self-hosting needs Postgres, Redis and RabbitMQ.
Experimental
Usable
Self-hosted server
Self-hosted server and cloud service
JavaScript and Vue
Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
330 GitHub stars
320 GitHub stars
Established: started 2 years ago, no tagged release yet.
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release v7.3.2.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.