---
title: Windmill
created: 2026-06-08
updated: 2026-06-08
type: app
tags: [catalogue, development-infrastructure, app-marathon3-batch-c]
confidence: high
contested: false
sources: [https://selfh.st/apps/?tag=development-infrastructure&app=windmill]
---

# 🪟 Windmill

> La plateforme de développement open source pour scripts, flows, apps internes et UIs — alternative à Retool/N8N/Airplane.

## 📋 Informations Générales

| Champ | Valeur |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Site web** | [windmill.dev](https://windmill.dev) |
| **GitHub** | [windmill-labs/windmill](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill) |
| **License** | AGPL-3.0 |
| **Langage** | TypeScript + Rust |
| **Étoiles GitHub** | 13k ⭐ |
| **Catégorie** | [[cat-development-infrastructure|Development Infrastructure]] |

## 📝 Description

**Windmill** est une plateforme dev tout-en-un : scripts (Python/TS/Go/Bash/PostgreSQL), flows visuels (type n8n/Temporal), apps internes drag&drop, schedulers, webhooks. Workers Rust haute performance, marketplace de scripts réutilisables, versionning Git-like, audit log, RBAC granulaire, OpenAPI auto-généré. **Différence vs n8n** : plus code-centric, build de véritables apps (pas juste de l'automation), open source pur AGPL, workers scale-out en Rust. **Différence vs Retool** : open source, auto-hébergeable, support natif de scripts Python/Go/bash. **Pour qui** : équipes DevOps, plateformes data, SRE, intégrateurs, départements IT créant des outils internes rapidement.

## 🚀 Installation

### Docker Compose (recommandé)

```yaml
version: '3.8'
services:
  windmill-db:
    image: postgres:16
    container_name: windmill-db
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: windmill
      POSTGRES_USER: admin
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${WINDMILL_DB_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - windmill-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  windmill:
    image: ghcr.io/windmill-labs/windmill:main
    container_name: windmill
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - windmill-db
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      DATABASE_URL: postgres://admin:${WINDMILL_DB_PASSWORD}@windmill-db/windmill
      MODE: server
      NUM_WORKERS: 4
    volumes:
      - windmill-data:/var/data
    labels:
      - "traefik.http.routers.windmill.rule=Host(`windmill.example.com`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.windmill.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt"

  windmill-worker:
    image: ghcr.io/windmill-labs/windmill:main
    container_name: windmill-worker
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - windmill
    environment:
      DATABASE_URL: postgres://admin:${WINDMILL_DB_PASSWORD}@windmill-db/windmill
      MODE: worker
      WORKER_GROUP: default
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

volumes:
  windmill-db:
  windmill-data:
```

## 🔄 Alternatives

### Open Source
- **n8n** — automation workflows, focus integrateurs
- **Apache Airflow** — orchestrateur data, Python DAGs
- **Temporal** — workflow engine Go/TS, code-first
- **Prefect** — orchestration data, Python natif
- **Toco** — UI builder sur Temporal
- **Activepieces** — alternative n8n plus récente

### Propriétaires
- **Retool** — builder d'apps internes (SaaS premium)
- **Airplane** — plateforme scripts/apps interne
- **Make (Integromat)** — automation visuelle SaaS
- **Workato** — iPaaS enterprise

## 🔐 Sécurité
- **Auth** : email/password, OAuth2, LDAP, SSO SAML, OIDC
- **RBAC granulaire** : par workspace, folder, script (exécuter / dev / admin)
- **Isolation workers** : subprocess execution, Docker mode possible
- **Secrets** : chiffrement AES-256, jamais en clair en DB
- **Audit** : log complet de toutes exécutions, secrets redaction
- **Multitenancy** : support cloud EE + EE

## 📚 Ressources
- [Documentation](https://windmill.dev/docs)
- [Open-source Hub de scripts](https://hub.windmill.dev)
- [Communauté Discord](https://discord.gg/windmill)

## Pages Liées
- [[cat-development-infrastructure]] — Catégorie Dev Infrastructure
- [[app-pocketbase]] — Backend léger
- [[app-windmill]] — référence croisée
